Terence Blanchard
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Terence Blanchard

Personal information
BornMarch 13, 1962(age 48)
OriginNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
GenresModern Jazz, Hard Bop
Occupationmusician
bandleader
composer
arranger
film score writer
InstrumentsTrumpet
Piano
Years active1980 - Present
LabelsBlue Note (present)
Sony Classical
Columbia
Associated actsArt Blakey
Donald Harrison
Branford Marsalis
Spike Lee
Kasi Lemmons
Terence Blanchard Quintet featuring
Brice Winston
Fabian Almazan
Derrick Hodge
Kendrick Scott
WebsiteTerenceBlanchard.com

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Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, and Golden Globe-nominated film score composer. Since he emerged on the scene in 1980 with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and then shortly thereafter with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blanchard has been a leading artist in jazz. He was an integral figure in the 1980s jazz resurgence having recorded several award-winning albums and having performed with the jazz elite.

He is known as a straight-ahead artist in the hard bop tradition but has recently utilized an African-fusion style of playing that makes him unique from other trumpeters on the performance circuit. However, it is as a film composer that Blanchard reaches his widest audience. His trumpet can be heard on nearly fifty film scores; more than forty bear his unmistakable compositional style. Since 2000, Blanchard has served as Artistic Director at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. He lives in the Garden District of New Orleans with his wife and four children.

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Trombone Shorty performs with Galactic at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and ... - FOX CT Tweet this news
FOX CT--Kerr is credited with giving many respected New Orleans trumpeters their start, including -Terence Blanchard- and Nicholas Payton. Andrews first came under ... - Date : Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:43:20 GMT+00:00
Spike Lee Screens New Katrina Film In New Orleans - NPR Tweet this news
NPR--Enlarge Associated Press Director Spike Lee, center, reacts as musician -Terence Blanchard-, left, and New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu adjust his jacket on ... - Date : Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:40:39 GMT+00:00
City Launches Website for Public Event Posting - NewOrleans.Com Tweet this news
NewOrleans.Com--Assisting the Mayor as Masters of Ceremonies for the event are New Orleans residents James Carville and Mary Matalin, and -Terence Blanchard- and Robin ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:21:46 GMT+00:00
Concert: Femi Kuti, Terence Blanchard in Hollywood - SoundSpike Tweet this news
SoundSpike--Perhaps that owes to the presence of -Terence Blanchard- on the bill. The trumpeter led his impressive quintet through selections from his recent album ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:00:12 GMT+00:00
Jazz Setlist, July 15-21: William Hooker, Com Voce, and More - Washington City Paper (blog) Tweet this news
Washington City Paper (blog)--Does -Terence Blanchard- really need any introduction at this point? Most everyone knows the highlights: New Orleans trumpeter, Art Blakey's band, ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:58:30 GMT+00:00

Grammy Awards :
Terence Blanchard Grammy History
Year Category Title Genre Label Result Notes
1984 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group New York Scene Jazz Concord Winner with the Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
1990 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group Mo' Better Blues (Soundtrack) Jazz CBS Nominated with the Branford Marsalis Quartet.
1996 Best Latin Jazz Album The Heart Speaks Latin Jazz Columbia Nominated features the compositions of Ivan Lins.
2000 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Wandering Moon Jazz Sony Classical Nominated for the track "I Thought About You"
2001 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Let's Get Lost Jazz Sony Classical Nominated for the track "Lost In a Fog"
2004 Best Jazz Instrumental Album McCoy Tyner's Illuminations Jazz Telarc Winner featured as the band's trumpeter and composer of one song.
2005 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Flow Jazz Blue Note Nominated Herbie Hancock, album producer.
2006 Best Long Form Music Video Flow: Living in the Stream of Music (DVD) Jazz Blue Note Nominated Jim Gabour, video director/producer; Robin Burgess video producer.
2007 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) Jazz Blue Note Nominated for the track "Levees"
2007 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) Jazz Blue Note Winner features Blanchard's quintet with a 40-piece string orchestra.
2008 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival Jazz Blue Note Winner for the track "Be-Bop"
2009 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Watts Jazz Dark Key Music Winner for the track "Dancin' 4 Chicken"

Awards :
Year Award Category Score Result
1994 Soul Train Music Award Best Jazz Album The Malcolm X Jazz Suite Nominated
1995 Emmy Award Best Original Score for a TV Mini-Series The Promised Land Nominated
2003 World Soundtrack Award Soundtrack Composer of the Year "25th Hour" Nominated
2003 Sierra Award Best Score "25th Hour" Nominated
2003 Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture "25th Hour" Nominated
2003 Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA) Best Score "25th Hour" Winner
2005 Black Reel Best Original Score "She Hate Me" Nominated
2007 Black Reel Best Original Score Inside Man Nominated

Awards :
Year Title Genre Label
1984 New York Second Line (as Harrison/Blanchard) Jazz Concord
1986 Discernment (as Harrison/Blanchard) Jazz Concord
1986 Nascence (as Harrison/Blanchard) Jazz Columbia
1987 Crystal Stair (as Harrison/Blanchard) Jazz Columbia
1988 Black Pearl (as Harrison/Blanchard) Jazz Columbia
1991 Terence Blanchard Jazz Columbia
1992 Simply Stated Jazz Columbia
1993 The Malcolm X Jazz Suite Jazz Columbia
1994 In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook Jazz Columbia
1995 Romantic Defiance - Jazz Columbia
1996 The Heart Speaks Latin Jazz Columbia
1999 Jazz In Film Jazz Sony Classical
2000 Wandering Moon Jazz Sony Classical
2001 Let's Get Lost Jazz Sony Classical
2003 Bounce Jazz Blue Note
2005 Flow Jazz Blue Note
2007 A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) Jazz Blue Note
2009 Choices Jazz Concord



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