If you’re looking into a night of good jazz performance from a trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader who has been around the states performing for over 25 years, then the Capitol Theatre is where you will want to be. Terence Blanchard along with his quintet of Fabian Alamazan on piano, Michael Olatuja bass, on drums Kendrick Scott, and saxaphone Bruce Winston are on their way to Salt Lake City.
Born March 13, 1962, in New Orleans, Louisiana, he started out playing piano at the age of five and at eight years old picked up the trumpet. With still a lot to learn, he studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts under Roger Dickerson and Ellis Marsalis Jr. while attending high school. Terence continued studying at Rutgers University and toured with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. These years of study made him a replacement by Wynton Marsalis to take his place with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers from 1982 to 1986 as the trumpeter and music director.
With all of this experience, he recorded over 29 albums and received multiple Grammy Awards and nominations. Not stopping with jazz music, he continued his success as a film score composer of 50 films scores. Noticing his film composing scores for “Do the Right Thing and Mo Better Blues," Spike Lee hired Terence to compose scores for his films, “Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Clockers, Summer of Sam and Inside Man." Terence wrote the score for a film documentary on the flooding of his hometown in New Orleans “When the Levees Broke." His latest film composition work is on the just released action drama motion picture “Red Tails" with the soundtrack album featuring Terence’s score to be released on February 7, 2012.
His latest CD “Choices” is an insight of the musical modern jazz trumpeter’s talent expressed in sound notation that comes from the background of a hardworking, creative musician. You can see this performance at the Capitol Theatre. 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Check HERE for online ticket information.
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