Management
Robin Burgess
Burgess Management/
Over The Garage Productions
6 Park Island Drive
New Orleans, LA 70122
T: (504) 319-3602
Robin@burgessmgmt.com
burgessmgmt.com
Tour Manager
Tondrae Kemp
World Swirl Productions
T: (225) 337-2054
Tondrae@gmail.com
Booking Agent
Michael Fox
IMN International Music Network
278 Main St.
Gloucester, MA 01930
T: (978) 283-2883
m.fox@imnworld.com
imnworld.com
Film & Television Agency
Sam Schwartz
The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency
4111 W. Alameda Avenue, Suite 509
Burbank, CA. 91505
T: 818.260.8500
ssoffice@gsamusic.com
www.gsamusic.com
Publicity Representative – Worldwide
Alisse Kingsley Muse Media
2658 Griffith Park Blvd. Suite 726
Los Angeles, CA 90039
T:(323) 467-8508
AlissetheMuse@aol.com
Marketing Representative
Laura B. Tennyson
Lura Belle Productions
T: (504) 319-9943
lauratennyson_2@msn.com
Official Website: www.terenceblanchard.com
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CD: Terence Blanchard / Breathless
UPC # 00602547269393
Release Date: 05/26/2015
Label (p)© 2015 Blue Note Records
breath•lessˈbreTHləs/
adjective
to be restricted of air because of emotion or force.
“I was breathless when I realized the true power in words.”
It’s a first foray into straight-up grooveland for Blanchard, and he’s thrilled with the dance-steeped party he and his quintet (and guests) have cooked up. “Breathless is the album I’ve been wanting to do for quite awhile,” he says. “Growing up I was listening to the Head Hunters and Weather Report, which had a strong effect on me.”
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.
David Kunian, Downbeat
Since top-tier jazz and multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard embarked onhis solo recording career with his eponymous Columbia Records album in 1991, the New Orleans-born and – based artist has traveled many paths musically, including delivering adventurous and provocative acoustic jazz outings of original material, composing over 50 soundtracks and even, in 2013, debuting Champion: An Opera in Jazz. He has also, in the spirit of his onetime membership in the jazz school of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, mentored several musicians in his bands who have gone on to have significant recording careers of their own including Lionel Loueke, Aaron Parks, Kendrick Scott and one of his current band members Fabian Almazan).As a leader and co-leader (significantly four albums early in his career with fellow Crescent City artist,saxophonist Donald Harrison), Blanchard has recorded more than 30 albums that often defied genres, yet were still critically acclaimed. But for his latest Blue Note Records album, Breathless, Blanchard powerfully and playfully journeys into another jazz realm with his new quintet, The E-Collective—an exciting zone of grooved fusion teeming with funk, R&B and blues colors.
Produced by the trumpeter and his manager Robin Burgess and executive produced by Blue Note president Don Was, the adventurous 13-tune recording zeroes in on several Blanchard originals, an epic-length piece by Almazan and a scattering of covers, sung by soothing and soulful vocalist P.J. Morton (a member of the band Maroon 5), including an exhilarating take on the modern standard “Compared to What“ made famous by Les McCann and Eddie Harris, and the soul-vibed and lyrical take on “I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But Time” penned by Hank Williams. Plus, Morton sings the compelling pop-styled, song-of-strength tune, ”Shutting Down,” written by Blanchard’s talented son, T. Oliver Blanchard Jr., aka JRei Oliver, who also contributes spoken-word excerpts on others.
It’s a first foray into straight-up grooveland for Blanchard, and he’s thrilled with the dance-steeped party he and his quintet (and guests) have cooked up. “Breathless is the album I’ve been wanting to do for quite awhile,” he says. “Growing up I was listening to the Head Hunters and Weather Report, which had a strong effect on me. I always listened to groove-based music—Jimi Hendrix, Parliament Funkadelic and then later listening to Prince and D’Angelo and later what [jazz trumpeter] Russell Gunn was doing. But up to this point, I had never explored it.”
FABIAN ALMAZAN found his musical roots as a child in his homeland of Havana where he first became involved in classical piano. In 2009, he received his master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Jason Moran. Since 2012, this pianist and composer has toured extensively with Terence Blanchard. Fabian’s second album Rhizome was released on Blue Note in 2014.
CHARLES ALTURA is an unusually gifted young guitarist with a sensitive approach on the guitar. The California native has toured with Chick Corea & the Vigil since 2012, and appears on Corea’s most recent album The Vigil. Altura can also be heard on Ambrose Akinmusire’s latest album, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint.
OSCAR SEATON got his first major break playing with Ramsey Lewis in 1996. Since Lewis, Oscar has played, recorded and toured with artists such as Grover Washington Jr., David Sanborn, Joe Sample, Kirk Whalum, Phil Upchurch, Yolanda Adams, George Benson, Lionel Richie, and Mike Post to name a few. Oscar’s impeccable timing has earned him the name “SEATPOCKET.”