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News: Performance / Tour

Monterey Jazz Festival's 2011 Jazz Legends Gala Honors Terence Blanchard, September 15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey

August 10, 2011

Gala Celebration Features Cocktails, Dinner, Silent Auction, and Entertainment by Grammy-Winning Pianist, Hiromi Proceeds Support Monterey Jazz Festival Education Programs Monterey, California; The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that it will honor the four-time Grammy-winning trumpeter, composer and bandleader, Terence Blanchard, at its Annual Jazz Legends Gala on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at the ...

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Article: Live Review

Gent Jazz Festival 2011: Days 1-4

by Martin Longley
August 1, 2011

Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 7-10, 2011 There has been a radical change to the Gent Jazz Festival site since last year. The historic Bijloke zone remains historic, but it now has a new concrete 'n' ...

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Article: Interview

Gretchen Parlato: Quiet Revolutionary

by Ian Patterson
June 27, 2011

It's safe to say that singer Gretchen Parlato has her admirers. The Boston Globe praised her as “the most original jazz singer in a generation," and pianist Herbie Hancock has described her connection to music as “almost magical." Saxophonist Wayne Shorter has likened her art to that of Frank Sinatra. It's hard to remember the last ...

News: Recording

Terence Blanchard - Malcolm X: The Original Motion Picture Score (1991)

June 25, 2011

If, during the opening strains of your DVD copy of “Malcolm X," you stop eating popcorn mid-munch, that's just fine with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. His original score for the 1991 Spike Lee film was designed to be anything but background music. Melancholy then snap-bean jazz and then jack-boot ominous, his score can only be described as ...

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News: Music Industry

Grammy-winning Composer/trumpet Player Terence Blanchard To Compose Original Music For "A Streetcar Named Desire" On Broadway

June 23, 2011

GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER/TRUMPET PLAYER TERENCE BLANCHARD TO COMPOSE ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR FRONT ROW PRODUCTION'S A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, WRITTEN BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DIRECTED BY EMILY MANN, STARRING BLAIR UNDERWOOD, BROADWAY, SPRING 2012 New York: Front Row Productions (Stephen Byrd, Alia Jones) is proud to announce that the world-renowned film composer and trumpet player Terence Blanchard will compose ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Edward Simon

by AAJ Staff
June 21, 2011

Meet Edward Simon: The process by which Simon became an internationally regarded jazz musician began in the small coastal town of Cardon, Venezuela, where he grew up surrounded by the sounds of Latin and Caribbean music. Born in 1969, Simon credits his father, Hadsy, for developing his passion for music and supporting him and ...

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Article: Interview

Anthony Branker: Jazz Dialogics

by Victor L. Schermer
June 13, 2011

Anthony Branker is a musician for all seasons. He began his career as a trumpeter, including a stint with the Spirit of Life Ensemble, which honored its African-American and Afro-Caribbean roots during a multi-year tenure as the Monday night band at the legendary Sweet Basil club in New York City. Over time, Branker developed an increasing ...

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News: Event

Icons Among Us Visits Detroit, Wednesday June 15 at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

June 8, 2011

Episode One: A Quiet Revolution to screen at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Wednesday June 15 @ 6:30 pm Spread the word to your friends in Detroit. This FREE screening of the modern jazz documentary's first episode throws the spotlight on the emergence of new waves of artists and their relationships with their ...

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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Days 4-7: May 5-8, 2011

by Sandy Ingham
May 26, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-7 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA April 27-May 6, 2011 Day 4: Thursday May 5, 2011 Vibraphonist Stefon Harris and Blackout was the featured act in the WWOZ Jazz Tent, but Christian Scott stole the show. Scott--the young New ...

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News: Recording

Terence Blanchard To Score "Red Tails," A George Lucas Production

May 26, 2011

Grammy winning composer/ trumpet player Terence Blanchard to score Red Tails, a George Lucas production. The film is Golden-Globe nominated composer's 52nd film score and stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and more World-renowned film composer and trumpet player Terence Blanchard is set to score the soundtrack for Red Tails, the feature film directorial debut by ...