Laura Tennyson

TERENCE BLANCHARD HAS just finished telling me about the fried oyster that made him cry when we turn onto Frenchmen Street in The Marigny, right... Read More

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, we talk with renowned jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, a Buddhist, about music, meditation, and the “collective vibration of souls” that... Read More

Jazz is all around us. You might have to hunt for it a bit. After all, jazz is rarely as flashy as its younger, louder... Read More

The duty of some artists is to erect lightning rods, works of art that focus and amplify reality in the aftermath of natural or man-made... Read More

ABC’s “Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm WithRobin Roberts,” which airs Sunday (Aug. 23) at 9:01 p.m. on WGNO-TV, played well on Wednesday (Aug. 19)... Read More

Professionally, Terence Blanchard has moved on from “A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina).” The jazz trumpeter rarely performs material from his Grammy-winning... Read More

Headliners Include the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dianne Reeves, Chris Botti, Béla... Read More

Multi-Grammy-winning artist Terence Blanchard returns to Seattle’s Jazz Alley for six shows in four nights September 3-6 with a new band and a new sound.... Read More

In the restive year since unarmed Michael Brown was shot to death by now-former Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson, some have evoked Simone’s classic.... Read More

Trumpeter, bandleader and composer Terence Blanchard took his E-Collective band to give a live performance in front of NPR’s Tiny Desk cameras. The video features... Read More