Terence Blanchard - Perry Mason: Chapter 1 (Music From The HBO Series - Season 1)  '2020

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Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard is one of the most
prominent brass players, bandleaders, and recording artists of his generation.
Blessed with a warm yet often fiery trumpet sound and an ear for deep harmonic
sophistication, Blanchard is a standard-bearer for the searching post-bop style
of his predecessors, including Miles Davis, Woody Shaw, and Booker Little. An
impressive Young Lion in his early days with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers, he
developed over time into a mature bandleader and a highly regarded film
composer.

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 and fellow New Orleans native Wynton 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 until 1986 as lead soloist
and musical director. He then co-led a prominent quintet with saxophonist Donald
Harrison, recording a handful of albums for the Concord, Columbia, and Evidence
record labels in five years, including 1983s New York Second Line, 1984s
Discernment, and 1988s Black Pearl.

In the 90s, Blanchard became a leader in his own right, recording for the
Columbia label and issuing albums like 1992s Terence Blanchard and 1993s Simply
Stated. These albums found him balancing his love of the New Orleans jazz and
bop traditions with his own increasingly distinctive and progressive
compositional voice. Other albums, like 1994s minor-tinged The Billie Holiday
Songbook, 1996s The Heart Speaks with singer/composer Ivan Lins, and 1999s
orchestral-leaning Jazz in Film, also showcased his broad stylistic palette.

Also during this period, he developed a fruitful working relationship with
director Spike Lee. Having first played on the soundtracks to several of Lees
films, including Mo Better Blues and Do the Right Thing, Blanchard then composed
the music for many of Lees subsequent films, including Jungle Fever, Malcom 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 is one of 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
maintained a regular studio presence, delivering albums like 2000s Wandering
Moon, 2001s Lets Get Lost, and 2003s Bounce. Produced by pianist Herbie Hancock,
2005s Flow received two Grammy nominations. Also in 2005, Blanchard was part of
pianist McCoy Tyners ensemble that won the Grammy in the Best Jazz Instrumental
Album category for Illuminations. The trumpeter also took home the Grammy Award
for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for 2007s A Tale of Gods Will (A Requiem for
Katrina). 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.

Signing with Concord Jazz in 2009, he released Choices -- recorded at the Ogden
Museum of Art in Blanchards hometown -- at the end of that summer. Two years
later, 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.

In 2015, 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.
Returning to film work, he supplied the original score for director Taylor
Hackfords 2017 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. In 2018, Blanchard was named a
USA Fellow, and composed the score to Spike Lees film BlacKkKlansman, which won
him a Grammy Award. He also released the concert album Live with his
E-Collective. Returning to film work, Blanchard scored the 2019 Harriet Tubman
biopic, Harriet. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi

Tracklist:

Chapter 1
01. Terence Blanchard - Perry Mason Opening
02. Terence Blanchard - They Dont Want Me
03. The Perry Mason New Years Eve Band - It Dont Mean a Thing (If It Aint Got
That Swing) [feat. Luke Carlsen]
04. The Perry Mason New Years Eve Band - Dancing in the Dark (feat. Luke
Carlsen)
05. Terence Blanchard - Evening Gentlemen
06. Terence Blanchard - Home Alone
07. Terence Blanchard - End Credits (Perry Mason - Chapter 1)

Chapter 2
01. The Radiant Assembly of God - Get Right, Stay Right
02. The Radiant Assembly of God - Dat Suits Me (aka Lets Go Round The Wall)
03. Terence Blanchard - Or is it Baggerly
04. Terence Blanchard - War Flashback
05. Terence Blanchard - Sister Writes a Letter
06. Terence Blanchard - Until Next Time
07. Terence Blanchard - Men
08. Terence Blanchard - Youre Under Arrest
09. Terence Blanchard - Wrapping Up (Version 2)
10. Terence Blanchard - War
11. Terence Blanchard - End Credits (Perry Mason - Chapter 2)

Chapter 3
01. Terence Blanchard - Emily Knew
02. Terence Blanchard - Everything Went Quiet
03. Terence Blanchard - Shifting Priorities
04. Terence Blanchard - Bail
05. Terence Blanchard - You Drake
06. Terence Blanchard - Son De La Loma (aka Mama, Son De La Loma)
07. Terence Blanchard - Aventurera
08. Terence Blanchard - EB Reads the Paper
09. Terence Blanchard - I Need to See Emily
10. Terence Blanchard - I Will Deny

Chapter 4
01. Terence Blanchard - All the Answers / Disbarred
02. Terence Blanchard - Dellas Lover
03. Terence Blanchard - Dirt the Towels
04. Terence Blanchard - EBs End / EBs Low Moment
05. Terence Blanchard - For These Kids
06. Terence Blanchard - My Parents House
07. Terence Blanchard - Power of the State
08. Terence Blanchard - End Credits (Perry Mason - Chapter 4)

Chapter 5
01. Terence Blanchard - Della Finds EB (length)
02. Terence Blanchard - Dug Up Charlie (length)
03. Terence Blanchard - Ennis Being Watched (length)
04. Terence Blanchard - I Aint Nothin (length)
05. Terence Blanchard - I Dont Care (length)
06. Terence Blanchard - Passing the Bar (length)
07. Terence Blanchard - Perry Helps Della (length)
08. Terence Blanchard - Perry Sees Teddy (length)
09. Terence Blanchard - Train Ride (length)
10. Terence Blanchard - Why is She in Chains (length)
11. Terence Blanchard - End Credits (Perry Mason - Chapter 5) (length)

Chapter 6
01. Terence Blanchard - The No Garage (1:35)
02. Terence Blanchard - A Man Came Into the Hotel (1:25)
03. Terence Blanchard - Use This (2:20)
04. Terence Blanchard - Order Order (1:54)
05. Terence Blanchard - Been Waitin for Ya (1:44)
06. Terence Blanchard - End Credits (Perry Mason - Chapter 6) (2:08)

Chapter 7
01. Terence Blanchard - Burn Your Eyes (2:04)
02. Terence Blanchard - Go Thank Him (1:36)
03. Terence Blanchard - Best Keep Up (1:04)
04. Terence Blanchard - He Lacked Faith (2:56)
05. Terence Blanchard - 1914 (1:00)
06. Terence Blanchard - Undercover Work (2:14)
07. Terence Blanchard - Just Wanna Talk (2:03)
08. Terence Blanchard - Do You Doubt Me? (1:32)
09. Terence Blanchard - Just Guessing (2:02)
10. Terence Blanchard - Its All Lies (3:02)
11. Terence Blanchard - End Credits (Perry Mason - Chapter 7) (2:18)

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