Biography

An accomplished jazz trumpet player, Terence Blanchard is perhaps best known for his dynamic and vibrant film scores for director Spike Lee. Before stepping out on his own, Blanchard played with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, honing a hard-bop aesthetic that he would bring to his more expansive cinematic work. Highlights of Blanchard’s impressive and prolific career include the Herbie Hancock-produced FLOW, and scores for Lee’s MALCOLM X and INSIDE MAN, along with the latter's 2006 documentary on Hurricane Katrina-hit New Orleans, which is also Blanchard's hometown.

Top Tracks

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• Alex & Fatima

• Anatomy Of A Murder

• Aparecida

• Ariñañara

• Azania

• Be-bop

• Betty's Theme

• Blues For Malcolm

• Bounce/let's Go Off

• Byus

• Caveman's Valentine, Film Score~letter

• Caveman's Valentine, Film Score~musical Rampage

• Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint

• Chano Pozo Medley: Tin Tin Deo/manteca/guachi Guaro

• Child's Play

• Chorus Das Aguas

• Dos Sperm

• Flow, Pt. 3

• Ghost Of Betsy

• Ghost Of Congo Square

• Harvesting Dance

• Have You Met Lorna?

• I Can't Give You Anything But Love

• I Cried For You

• Inside Man, Film Score~frazier's Tour

• Inside Man, Film Score~nazis Pay Too Well

• Inside Man, Film Score~ten Thirty

• Joe & O

• Just Squeeze Me (but Please Don't Tease Me)

• Levees

• Malcolm's Theme

• Man With The Golden Arm

• Mantra

• Monterey Mist

• Nice Work If You Can Get It

• Nothing To Me (as Used In The Film "people I Know")

• Passionate Courage

• People I Know, Film Score~murder Time

• People I Know, Film Score~vicci's Park View

• Red Tails~end Credits / America The Beautiful

• Red Tails~lightning In Trouble

• Red Tails~mission Orders / Stance Berlin

• She Hate Me

• Simplemente Simon

• Strange Fruit

• The Heart Speaks

• The Red Tails~the Train

• The Source

• Touched By An Angel

• Wandering Wonder

• When Will You Call

• You're A Sweetheart

Discography

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• Chano y Dizzy!

  Concord Jazz / Concord Picante

  2011

• Choices

  Concord Jazz

  2009

• A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)

  Angel Records

  2007

• Flow

  Blue Note

  2005

• Bounce

  Blue Note

  2003

• Wandering Moon

  Sony Music Distribution / Columbia

  2000

• Jazz in Film

  Columbia

  1999

• The Heart Speaks

  Columbia

  1996

• Romantic Defiance

  Columbia / Sony Music Distribution

  1995

• The Billie Holiday Songbook

  Columbia

  1994

• Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Remembered Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1

  Evidence

  1993

• Simply Stated

  Columbia

  1993

• Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Remembered Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 2: Fire Waltz

  Evidence

  1986

• Nascence

  Columbia

  1986