Blanchard has worked with some of jazz’s greatest contributors including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Wynton Marsalis. And from his longtime collaboration with Spike Lee to countless music industry honors, Blanchard’s music is beautifully steeped in the past while remaining thoroughly modern.
He is touring on the heels of his latest release, Choices, which was recorded in March 2009 in Blanchard’s hometown of New Orleans.

With more than 29 albums to his credit, as a musician Blanchard is a multi-Grammy Award winner and nominee, winning earlier this year for his instrumental solo for “Be-Bop” on Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival. In 2008, Blanchard also won a Grammy for his CD, A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), a beautifully haunting and impassioned song cycle about Hurricane Katrina and the ravages incurred upon the City of New Orleans and its residents.

As a film composer, Blanchard has more than 50 scores to his credit, including all of director Spike Lee’s films. In 2008 he completed the score for Lee’s “Miracle at St. Anna,” as well as the soundtrack for Darnell Martin’s “Cadillac Records.”

As Artistic Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which he was instrumental in relocating from Los Angeles to New Orleans, Blanchard works with students in the areas of artistic development, arranging, composition and concert programming. He also participates in master classes around the world as well as local community outreach activities in his beloved hometown of New Orleans.
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The Austin Public Library, Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, and DiverseArts present a series of film screenings featuring scores composed by Terence Blanchard.

Eve’s Bayou (1997)
Monday, September 14, 6:30 p.m.
Manchaca Road Branch,
5500 Manchaca Rd., 512-974-8700

Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? (2006)
Wednesday, September 16, 6:30 p.m.
North Village Branch
2505 Steck Ave., 512-974-9960

When the Levees Broke* (2006)
Monday, September 21, 7:30 p.m.
Kenny Dorham’s Backyard
1106 E. 11th St. (3 blocks east of I-35, next to Victory Grill)

*Portions of the four-hour documentary featuring Terence Blanchard and other New Orleans musicians will be shown. Harold McMillan (DiverseArts) will moderate a panel discussion with former New Orleans musicians, artists, and residents.

Alternate location and time in case of bad weather for When the Levees Broke is on Monday, September 21, 6:30 p.m. at the Carver Branch, 1161 Angelina, 512-974-1010.

CALENDAR LISTING

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 8:00 pm – Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin presents the Terence Blanchard Quintet at Hogg Memorial Auditorium (2300 Whitis Ave). A map of the campus:
http://www.texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($36 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

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Gene Bartholomew
512.471.0632
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