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Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American trumpeter, pianist and composer. A jazz musician, he has also composed film scores and operas. 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.
Sobrino de una pianista clásica que fue alumna de Ellis Marsalis, Terence Blanchard comenzó a estudiar piano con solo 5 años, instrumento que compaginaría con la trompeta desde los 8 hasta los 18. Estudió teoría del jazz con el propio Ellis Marsalis, y comenzó a conocer el trabajo de los trompetistas de jazz a partir de los 14.
Perhaps Blanchard’s most challenging and fulfilling endeavor has been his entry into the world of opera. His second “opera in jazz,” Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the best-selling 2014 memoir of The New York Times journalist Charles M. Blow, with the libretto written by Kasi Lemmons, Fire Shut Up in My Bones explores Blow’s struggles to transcend and overcome a cycle of violence.
Blanchard received an Oscar nomination for his original score for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. He was also BAFTA nominated for his original music for the film. He won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for writing “Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)” a track from BlacKkKlansman .
Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1980s - 2020s. Born. March 13, 1962 in New Orleans, LA. Genre. Jazz, Classical. Styles. Modal Music, Post-Bop, Film Score, Crossover Jazz, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Electric Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz. Also Known As. Terence Oliver Blanchard. Wendell Brunious. Member Of.
Terence Blanchard: A Discussion and Trumpet Masterclass. 10,033 views. 235. Composer and trumpet player Terence Blanchard discusses the importance of practice, warm-up, and fundamentals,...
Recognized as a legendary composer, arranger, and bandleader, Blanchard's work as a trumpeter is perhaps best described by Vanity Fair: “He plays the most coolly expressive trumpet in jazz, transmuting the instrument’s repertoire of smears, growls, peeps and blasts into an astonishingly fluid language both luxurious and controlled.''
