Terence Blanchard - Blackkklansman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) '2018

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In the post-Wynton Marsalis era, jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard has become a
most prominent brass player, bandleader, recording artist, orchestrator of film
scores, and leader in the mainstream post-bop community. Born on March 13, 1962
in New Orleans, Louisiana, Terence Oliver Blanchard was an only child to parents
Wilhelmina and Joseph Oliver Blanchard. He began playing piano by the age of
five, switched to trumpet three years later, and played alongside childhood
friend Marsalis in summer band camps. While in high school, he took
extracurricular classes at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts with Roger
Dickerson and Ellis Marsalis. From 1980 to 1982, Blanchard studied under Paul
Jeffrey and Bill Fielder at Rutgers University in New Jersey while touring with
Lionel Hamptons orchestra. In 1982 Blanchard replaced Wynton Marsalis under his
recommendation in Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers, working in that band up to 1986
as lead soloist and musical director. He then co-led a prominent quintet with
saxophonist Donald Harrison, recording seven albums for the Concord, Columbia,
and Evidence record labels in five years, including a stirring in-concert
tribute to the Eric Dolphy/Booker Little ensemble.

In the 90s, Blanchard became a leader in his own right, recording for the
Columbia label, performing on the soundtracks to Spike Lees Do the Right Thing
and Mo Better Blues, and composing the music for Lees film Jungle Fever. In
fact, Blanchard has written the score for every Spike Lee film since 1991,
including Malcolm X, Clockers, Summer of Sam, 25th Hour, Inside Man, and the
Hurricane Katrina documentary When the Levees Broke for HBO. With over 40 scores
to his credit, Blanchard and Mark Isham are the most sought-after jazz musicians
to ever compose for film. In the fall of 2000, Blanchard was named artistic
director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the University of Southern
California in Los Angeles. Keeping up with his love of live performance and
touring, Blanchard also maintains a regular studio presence, recording his own
original music for the Columbia, Sony Classical, and Blue Note labels. His
albums have included The Billie Holiday Songbook (1994), Romantic Defiance
(1995), The Heart Speaks (1996), the acclaimed Wandering Moon (2000), Lets Get
Lost (2001), Bounce (2003), and especially Flow (2005), which was produced by
pianist Herbie Hancock and received two Grammy nominations. Blanchard has been
nominated for 11 Grammys and has won four in total, including awards for New
York Scene with Blakey (1984) and the soundtrack A Tale of Gods Will in 2007. In
2005, Blanchard was part of McCoy Tyners ensemble that won the Grammy in the
Best Jazz Instrumental Album category for Illuminations.

A quintessential sideman as well as leader, he has worked with prominent jazz
players including Cedar Walton, Abbey Lincoln, Joanne Brackeen, Jay McShann,
Ralph Peterson, Ed Thigpen, J.J. Johnson, Toots Thielemans, the Olympia Brass
Band, Stevie Wonder, Bill Lee, Ray Brown, Poncho Sanchez, Dr. Billy Taylor, Dr.
John, Lionel Loueke, Jeff Watts, and many others. Scarecrow Press published his
autobiography, Contemporary Cat. By April of 2007, the Monk Institute announced
its Commitment to New Orleans initiative, which included the relocation of the
program to the campus of Loyola University in New Orleans, spearheaded by
Blanchard. During 2007, the Monterey Jazz Festival named Blanchard
Artist-in-Residence, and the festival formed a 50th Anniversary All-Stars
ensemble featuring trumpeter James Moody, Benny Green, Derrick Hodge, Kendrick
Scott, and Nnenna Freelon. In 2008, Blanchard helped score the hit film Cadillac
Records. Signing with Concord Jazz in 2009, he released Choices -- recorded at
the Ogden Museum of Art in Blanchards hometown of New Orleans -- at the end of
that summer.

In 2011, he paid tribute to the innovative Afro-Cuban recordings of Dizzy
Gillespie and Chano Pozo by teaming up with Latin jazz percussionist Poncho
Sanchez for the studio album Chano y Dizzy! The following year, Blanchard
returned to his film work by scoring the soundtrack to director George Lucas
WWII action/drama Red Tails. Also that year, music business legend Don Was
brought the trumpeter back to Blue Note Records. Blanchards first offering for
the label was 2013s Magnetic, an album that showcased a new quintet and guest
appearances by Ron Carter and labelmates Lionel Loueke and Ravi Coltrane. Two
years later, Blanchard followed up once again on Blue Note with the electric
fusion and R&B-infused Breathless. Featuring backing from Blanchards band the
E-Collective, the album also included contributions from vocalist PJ Morton. In
2017, he supplied the original score for director Taylor Hackfords film
Comedian. Joining Blanchard on the soundtrack were pianist Kenny Barron, tenor
saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, alto saxophonist Khari Allen Lee, bassist David
Pulphus, and drummer Carl Allen. ~ Michael G. Nastos

Tracklist:
01. Gone With the Wind
02. Hatred at Its Best
03. Main Theme
04. Rons Theme
05. Firing Range
06. No Cross Burning Tonight
07. Patrice Library
08. Ron Meets FBI Agent
09. Connie and the Bomb
10. Guarding David Duke
11. Tale of Two Powers 1
12. Tale of Two Powers 2
13. Tale of Two Powers 3
14. Woodrow Wilson
15. Klan Cavalry
16. Rons Search
17. Patrice Followed
18. Here Comes Ron
19. White Power Theme
20. Partner Funk Theme
21. Main Theme - Ron
22. Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)
23. Photo Opps

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