Grammy Nomination for Best Instrumental Album
NOVEMBER 2021
ABSENCE
Terence Blanchard, Composer, Trumpet
Oscar Seaton, Drums
Fabian Almazan, Piano
Charles Altura, Guitar
David Ginyard Jr., Bass
Wayne Shorter, Composer
Turtle Island String Quartet:
Malcolm Parson, Cello
David Balakrishnan, Violin
Gabriel Terrecciano, Violin
Benjamin Von Gutzeit, Viola
Absence is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet. The album was released on August 27, 2021, by Blue Note. In this album, Blanchard celebrates his mentor Wayne Shorter.
1
Hannibal (Live)
11:00
2
Kaos (Live)
12:08
3
Unchanged (Live)
13:28
4
Soldiers (Live)
08:24
5
Dear Jimi (Live)
04:45
6
Can Anyone Hear Me (Live)
08:56
7
Choices (Live)
17:11
8
Hannibal (Live)
11:00
9
Kaos (Live)
12:08
10
Unchanged (Live)
13:28
Total length: 112:28
Steve Futterman of The New Yorker wrote, “With “Absence,” the trumpeter Terence Blanchard pays tribute to the influential octogenarian composer in a project that reconsiders a handful of Shorter’s works…, along with originals dedicated to the iconic patriarch. Employing his plugged-in E-Collective unit, with ample contributions from the Turtle Island Quartet, and tellingly shedding any additional wind instruments, Blanchard avoids deliberate stylistic intimations of Shorter’s own classic work, or of his collaborations with both Miles Davis and Weather Report, in favor of a lush and dramatic soundscape that calls to mind Blanchard’s career as a successful film composer.”
“While most tributes miss this central point, Terence Blanchard’s Absence (Blue Note, 2021) featuring the Turtle Island Quartet and his band, the E-Collective, excels in capturing the meaning of the legendary artist’s work in its truest form.”
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“Terence Blanchard has always been forward thinking, but with E-Collective he shoots straight into tomorrow adding all sorts of different types of electricity and attitude to a new set of tunes. The concept is still right now with a more modern edge and sound, vocals and all, but it’s still the tough but tender, timeless but vital unique tone that marks Terence’s horn as one of the truly great and classic jazzmen.” DOWNBEAT
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