Terence Blanchard

Terence Blanchard was born in New Orleans on March 13, 1962. Picking up the trumpet in elementary school, he was also coached at home by his opera-singing father. In high school, Terence came under the tutelage of Ellis Marsalis. After graduation, he attended Rutger’s University on a music scholarship. One of Terence’s professors was so impressed by his talent that he brokered him a touring gig with Lionel Hampton’s band.

In ’83, Wynton Marsalis recommended Blanchard as his replacement in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Part of the Blakey legend was his ability to foster performances and individual personalities from the young malleable talents he brought into his fold. Blakey utilized and nurtured the improvisation and compositional ideas of his band members to solidify his own unique artistic vision. The legacy of the working band as jazz workshop is at the essence of jazz and Blanchard remains one of the few on the scene today who fully embrace that dynamic. Flow is a dramatic example of this theory put in practice.

Terence Blanchard © Nitin Vadukul

Two years later, Terence and fellow Messenger Donald Harrison split to form their own quintet. In ’90,TB departed to pursue a solo career. During his tenure at Columbia, both his soundtracks to Mo’Better Blues and he Heart Speaks were nominated for Grammy Awards. Signed to the Sony Classical label in 1999, the trumpeter/composer gained acclaim as a bandleader and scorer of movie andtelevision soundtracks (including the Grammy nominated Wandering Moon and a Golden Globe nomination for his score for Spike Lee’s The 25h Hour). It was the best of times…and the worst.“When I was at Sony Classical, I had to do all those concept albums,” he explains. “We had fun doing them and they were cool, but I always felt that that band never really got a chance toshine—until we did ounce, our Blue Note debut.

• Jun 14, 2007 - Jun 16, 2007
• Thurs 8pm show $18 & 10pm show $12 - Fri 8pm show $22 & 10pm $16 - Sat 8pm & 10pm shows $22
• Brice Winston -Sax
• Fabian Almazan - Piano
• Derrick Hodge - Bass
• Kendrick Scott –Drums