How many operas have there been about boxing? a friend asked me at the Washington National Opera on Saturday night. In fact, there have been a few in Washington alone. Read More
In Pursuit Of A More Diverse Night At The Opera, NPR
Symphony orchestras and opera companies across the country continually ask the same question: How do we attract a younger and more diverse audience?Saturday night, I discovered something of an answer at the Washington National Opera’s east coast premiere of Champion Read More
The Comedian (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Terence Blanchard, Sounds of Timeless Jazz
Terence Blanchard, the multiple GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter and composer, offers a sublime score for “The Comedian,” the new movie starring Robert De Niro and Leslie Mann. Directed by Taylor Hackford, the movie is playing in theatres now. The album The Comedian (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is now available digitally, and will be released by Blue Note on CD April 7th. Read More
Jazzman Terence Blanchard brings swing to ‘Bud, Not Buddy’, Washington Post
For Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard, composing a jazz concert based on the children’s novel “Bud, Not Buddy” meant more than just telling Christopher Paul Curtis’s colorful Depression-era tale in musical terms. It meant writing serious music that high school kids could perform. “I’m not trying to give them a free ride,” Read More
Jazz Trumpeter Terence Blanchard Records New Album Live in Two Nights at the BOP STOP, Cleveland Scene
New Orleans trumpeter Terence Blanchard got his big break in the 1980s when fellow NOLA trumpet player Wynton Marsalis recommended him or a gig with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. He released his first solo album in 1991 and since then has branched out in a whole bunch of directions. He performed on soundtracks for Spike Lee’s films and graduated to scoring his films, then began working for other directors, making him one of the most prominent contemporary film composers.
Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective will perform and record live a sequel CD, ‘Caravan,’ in three cities from January 2nd through 7th, in Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Dallas
Following his critically-acclaimed 2015 CD release ‘Breathless’, Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective will record a sequel CD, ‘Caravan,’ an album which will be recorded live in three cities scarred by the escalation of tension between law enforcement and unarmed African Americans. From January 2 through 7, ‘Caravan’ will be performed and recorded in Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Dallas. Read More
Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard is all about ‘creating conversations’, Washington Post
Grammy-winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard was considered one of the pillars of the straight-ahead jazz resurgence of the 1980s. The New Orleans native played with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers before leading his own hard bop ensembles, recording dozens of albums and writing more than 50 movie scores. Read More
An Artist Brings Civil Rights Statement to Staten Island, Wall St. Journal
Trumpet player and composer Terence Blanchard to perform ‘Breathless’ as part of SummerStage. Read More.
A Cri de Coeur From Jazz Musicians in a Black Lives Matter Age, NY Times
The emotional climax of Terence Blanchard’s SummerStage concert on Friday night, at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island, arrived precisely one hour in, like a timed detonation. Read More.
Terence Blanchard furthers his Jazz Legacy, WUNC
Jazz trumpet player and composer Terence Blanchard has worn many hats. Read More/Listen