Terence Blanchard

Terence Blanchard announces Breathless album |The Jazz Line

Titled ‘Breathless,’ the album will see Blanchard and his new The E-Collective quintet explore new ground in a fusion album that’s “teeming with funk, R&B, and blues” according to a press release.

“My latest album, Breathless, is my attempt to underscore the three words: ‘I Can’t Breathe,’” 53-year-old Blanchard said in a statement. “This is our E-Collective version of a protest album, without the firebrand lyrics of Phil Ochs, but in mood and purpose.”

By David La Rosa

Motown to meet the Big Easy in 3-day DSO festival in June

Detroit and New Orleans, two gritty cities defined by their landmark contributions to American musical culture and recent struggles with natural and economic disasters, will come together in a three-day festival June 2-4 under the umbrella of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

The centerpiece of A Musical Tale of Two Cities: Motown Meets the Big Easy will be a performance of Terence Blanchard’s “A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina)” to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The concert will find the New Orleans-born jazz trumpeter and composer performing with his quintet and the DSO, led by music director Leonard Slatkin.

 

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Terence Blanchard announces new Blue Note album

Multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard’s takes a new direction on his Blue Note Records release titled Breathless. Along with his new group called the E-Collective and special guests P.J. Morton, JRei Oliver and Dr. Cornel West, Blanchard is groovin’ high and low on insightful new material and covers that delve into exciting zones of grooved fusion brimming with rhythm and blues rock, jazz and funk.

By Paula Edelstein

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New Orleans composer Terence Blanchard adds another film to his resume

The latest movie score by New Orleans composer, trumpeter and Grammy-winning recording artist Terence Blanchard graces the drama “Black or White.”

Opening Friday, the New Orleans-filmed “Black or White” stars Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer. The two Oscar winners play maternal and paternal grandparents engaged in a custody fight for their granddaughter.

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