Terence Blanchard
Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American trumpeter, pianist and composer. He started his career in 1982 as a member of the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, then The Jazz Messengers. He has composed more than forty film scores and performed on more than fifty. A frequent collaborator with director Spike Lee, he has been nominated for two Academy Awards for composing the scores for Lee’s films BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Da 5 Bloods (2020). He has won five Grammy Awards from fourteen nominations.
NEWPORT, RI - AUGUST 03: Terrence Blanchard performs during the Newport Jazz Festival 2013 at Fort Adams State Park on August 3, 2013 in Newport, Rhode Island. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images)
at UVA's Old Cabell Hall, with the UVA Jazz Ensemble led by John D'Earth.
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 10: (L-R) Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard attend the "Red Tails" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on January 10, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
Director Spike Lee's longtime musical collaborator is trumpeter Terence Blanchard.
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Multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter, bandleader and composer Terence Blanchard joins Daina Cheyenne Harvey, assistant professor of sociology and curator of the Katrina Then and Now: Artists as Witness exhibition, in a conversation about his hometown New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina and the artistic response in the aftermath of the disaster. He also performed his Grammy-winning A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) in concert.
NEW ORLEANS - MARCH 27: Actor and Hip Hop artist Mos Def, New Orleans jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard and Film Producer Spike Lee attends HBO's series "Treme" New Orleans fundraiser at Generations Hall on March 27, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images)
Terence Blanchard's new album with the E-Collective, LIVE, comes out April 20.
Terence Blanchard is one of today's foremost jazz composers.
Terence Blanchard
