He has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards and has won three Grammys and one Emmy Award. By the age of twelve, young Robert was playing piano in that church. Mrs. Glasper not only played piano and sang gospel music in the family's church, she led a band that worked the city's jazz and blues club circuit as well. His mother was his first and strongest musical influence. Robert Andre Glasper is an American pianist and record producer. Robert Glasper was raised in Houston, Texas.