TERENCE BLANCHARD

O trompetista e bandleader de jazz americano Terence Blanchard, nasceu no 13 de março de 1962 em Nova Orleans. Ele também tem destaque na carreira como compositor e arranjador. Ganhou quatro prêmios Grammy, além de ser o autor de trilhas de cinema que lhe renderam indicações para o Globo de Ouro e o Emmy.

Iniciou a carreira na orquestra do bandleader e xilofonista Lionel Hamptom e em seguida juntou-se a formação de Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Apesar de se estabelecer como um músico de caracteristicas baseadas na tradição do hard bop , tem experimentado, nos ultimos tempos os estilos que se fundem com os sons africanos, o que mais uma vez o distancia ainda mais da maioria dos trompetistas contemporâneos.

Desde o ano 200o, tem atuado como diretor do Instituto de Jazz Thelonious Monk. Blanchard mora com sua familia e tranbalha, se apresentando com muita frequência nos clubes de Nova Orleans.

Blanchard já esteve no Brasil várias vezes, sempre se apresentando para seletas audiências. O seu CD “Choices” (2009), tem- lhe valido sucesso de critica e público.

CDs Recomendados

2008 Monterrey Jazz Festival: 50th Anniversary All Stars
2008 Miracle at St. Anna
2007 Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)
2006 Inside Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack




American jazz trumpeter Terence Oliver Blanchard, was born on March 13, 1962 in New Orleans. He is also a bandleader, composer, arranger, and Golden Globe-nominated film score composer.





Since he emerged on the scene in 1980 with the Lionel Hamptom Orchestra and then shortly thereafter with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blanchard has been a leading artist in jazz. He was an integral figure in the 1980s jazz resurgence having recorded several award-winning albums and having performed with the jazz elite. He is known as a straight-ahead artist in the hard bop tradition but has recently utilized an African-fusion style of playing that makes him unique from other trumpeters on the performance circuit.








However, it is as a film composer that Blanchard reaches his widest audience. His trumpet can be heard on nearly fifty film scores; more than forty bear his unmistakable compositional style. Since 2000, Blanchard has served as Artistic Director at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. He lives in the Garden District of New Orleans with his wife and four children.



Terence Blanchard jamming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsm8GTxms5U

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Tradução Humberto Amorim