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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.
Terence Blanchard (Nueva Orleans, Luisiana, 13 de marzo de 1962) es un músico de jazz estadounidense, trompetista, compositor y arreglista, considerado una de las principales figuras del llamado neo bop.
Blanchard’s first piece, Champion, premiered at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2013. In his soulful score Blanchard captures the life and struggles in the early ‘60s of African American welterweight champion Emile Griffith from St. Thomas as he deals with a tragedy in his career as well as his bisexuality.
8 de oct. de 2014 · Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Oliver Blanchard was born on March 13, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Wilhelmina and Joseph Oliver Blanchard. Blanchard began playing piano at the age of five, but switched to trumpet three years later.
An accomplished New Orleans-born jazz trumpeter and film composer known for his close association with director Spike Lee. Read Full Biography.
6 de ene. de 2022 · On September 27, 2021, Blanchard became the first Black composer to premiere an original opera at The Metropolitan Opera.
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.
