Blanchard, Terence 1962–

Blanchard, Terence 1962–

PERSONAL

Full name, Terence Oliver Blanchard; born March 13, 1962, in New Orleans, LA; son of Joseph Oliver Blanchard (an insurance company manager and part-time opera singer); married, wife's name Robin; children: four, including Olivia Ray. Education: Studied at New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, 1978; attended Rutgers University, 1980–82.

Addresses: Agent —Wayne Fitterman, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager —Burgess Management, 3225 Prytania St., New Orleans, LA 70115.

Career: Composer, trumpet player, band leader, conductor, orchestrator, recording artist, and actor. Trumpeter with New Orleans Civic Orchestra and with big bands at the Blue Room in New Orleans, late 1970s; appeared with Lionel Hampton Orchestra, 1980–82; Jazz Messengers (musical group), trumpeter, 1982–86, musical director, 1983–86; appeared with Donald Harrison in a quintet, 1986–90; Terence Blanchard Quintet, founder and leader, beginning 1990; performed with Terence Blanchard Group, Natural Spirit Orchestra, and New York Jazz Ensemble; concert performer in the United States and abroad. University of Southern California, artistic director of Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Performance.

Awards, Honors: Grand Prix du Disque (France), 1984, for New York Second Line; Grammy Award nomination, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, best jazz instrumental performance by a group (with others), 1990, for Mo' Better Blues; Emmy Award nomination, best original score for a documentary, 1995, for The Promised Land; Grammy Award nomination, best Latin jazz performance, 1996, for The Heart Speaks; readers' choice for jazz artist of the year and trumpeter of the year, Downbeat, 2000; readers' choice for jazz album of the year, Downbeat, 2000, for Wandering Moon; Grammy Award nomination, best jazz instrumental solo, 2001, for "I Thought About You," Wandering Moon; Grammy Award nomination, best jazz instrumental solo, 2002, for "Lost in a Fog," Let's Get Lost; Golden Globe Award nomination, best original score for a motion picture, Golden Satellite Award nomination, International Press Academy, best original score, Sierra Award, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, best score, and World Soundtrack Award nomination, soundtrack composer of the year, all 2003, for 25th Hour; Black Reel Award nomination, best original score, 2005, for She Hate Me.

CREDITS

Film Work; Trumpet Player:

(With Natural Spirit Orchestra) School Daze, Columbia, 1988.

Do the Right Thing, MCA/Universal Pictures, 1989.

Mo' Better Blues, Universal, 1990.

(And leader of Big Band, and conductor of Malcolm X Orchestra) Malcolm X, Warner Bros., 1992.

Housesitter, 1992.

(With Terence Blanchard Quintet) Sugar Hill (also known as Harlem ), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994.

(And orchestrator) The Inkwell (also known as No Ordinary Summer ), Buena Vista, 1994.

(With Terence Blanchard Quartet) Trial by Jury, Warner Bros., 1994.

Backbeat, 1994.

Soloist, Primal Fear, Paramount, 1996.

(And score producer and conductor) 4 Little Girls, Green Valley Films, 1997.

Soloist (and score conductor), Summer of Sam, Buena Vista, 1999.

Random Hearts, Columbia, 1999.

(And conductor) Bamboozled, New Line Cinema, 2000.

(And organist) Glitter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Soloist, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2001.

(And conductor) Jim Brown All American, HBO Sports/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 2002.

Soloist, The Salton Sea, Warner Bros., 2002.

Film Work; Other:

Conductor, Crooklyn, Universal, 1994.

Conductor, Clockers, Universal, 1995.

Score producer and conductor, Get On the Bus, Columbia, 1996.

Music arranger, "A Child with the Blues," Eve's Bayou, MCA/Universal, 1997.

Music conductor, Next Friday, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Orchestrator and conductor, Love & Basketball, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Orchestrator and conductor, The Caveman's Valentine (also known as Sign of the Killer ), MCA/Universal, 2001.

Conductor and orchestrator, Original Sin (also known as Peche originel ), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001.

Conductor and organist, Barbershop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002.

Song performer, "Uptown Lowdown" and "JMP," People I Know (also known as Im inneren kreis and Der innere kreis ), Miramax, 2003.

Film Appearances:

Trumpet player with Billie Holiday Quartet, Malcolm X, Warner Bros., 1992.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Country Spring Break '94, ABC, 1994.

Swing into Christmas, Arts and Entertainment, 1995.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Himself, A Girl Thing, Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 1999.

Appeared in episodes of ABC in Concert, ABC, and Evening at Pops, PBS.

Television Music Performer:

Soul of the Game (movie), HBO, 1996.

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (special), HBO, 2003.

RECORDINGS

Albums; Solo Artist:

Terence Blanchard, Columbia/Sony, 1991.

Simply Stated, Columbia/Sony, 1992.

The Malcolm X Jazz Suite, Columbia/Sony, 1993.

In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook, Columbia/Sony, 1994.

Romantic Defiance, Columbia/Sony, 1995.

The Heart Speaks, Columbia, 1995.

Jazz in Film, Sony Classical, 1999.

Wandering Moon, Sony Classical, 2000.

Let's Get Lost: The Songs of Jimmy McHugh, Sony Classical, 2001.

Bounce, Blue Note, 2003.

Flow, Blue Note, 2005.

Albums; With Donald Harrison:

New York Second Line, Concord Jazz, 1983.

Discernment, Concord Jazz, 1986.

Nascence, Columbia, 1986.

(With Harrison and others) Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Remembered Live at Sweet Basil, two volumes, Evidence, 1986.

(With Harrison and others) Fire Waltz: Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Remembered, Projazz, 1986.

Crystal Stair, Columbia/CBS, 1987.

Black Pearl, Columbia/CBS, 1988.

Albums; With Art Blakey:

New York Scene, Concord Jazz, 1984.

Live at Kimball's, Concord Jazz, 1987.

Blue Night, Timeless, 1991.

Dr. Jekyle, Evidence, 1992.

Hard Champion, Evidence, 1992.

New Year's Eve at Sweet Basil, Evidence, 1992.

Film Soundtrack Albums; Contributor:

School Daze, EMI-Manhattan, 1988.

Do the Right Thing, Columbia, 1989.

Mo' Better Blues, Columbia/Sony, 1990.

Jungle Fever, Motown, 1991.

Malcolm X, Columbia/Sony, 1993.

Sugar Hill, Arista, 1993.

Crooklyn, 1994.

The Inkwell, Buena Vista, 1994.

Trial by Jury, 1994.

Backbeat, Polygram/Verve, 1994.

Clockers, Columbia/Sony, 1995.

The Promised Land, Columbia/Sony, 1995.

Get on the Bus, Columbia, 1996.

'Til There Was You, Paramount, 1997.

4 Little Girls, 1997.

Eve's Bayou, Sonic Images/MCA, 1997.

Summer of Sam, 1999.

Next Friday, 2000.

The Caveman's Valentine, Decca, 2001.

Original Sin, Chapter III, 2001.

25th Hour, Hollywood, 2002.

People I Know, Decca, 2003.

She Hate Me, Milan, 2004.

Also contributed to the soundtrack recording of Housesitter.

Videos:

Rendezvous in New York (concert video), Ideal Entertainment, 2004.

WRITINGS

Film Music:

Song, "Sing Soweto," Mo' Better Blues, Universal, 1990.

Jungle Fever, Universal, 1991.

Malcolm X, Warner Bros., 1992.

Crooklyn, Universal, 1994.

Sugar Hill (also known as Harlem ), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994.

The Inkwell (also known as No Ordinary Summer ), Buena Vista, 1994.

Trial by Jury, Warner Bros., 1994.

Clockers, Universal, 1995.

Get On the Bus, Columbia, 1996.

4 Little Girls, Green Valley Films, 1997.

'Til There Was You, Paramount, 1997.

Eve's Bayou, MCA/Universal, 1997.

Summer of Sam, Buena Vista, 1999.

Next Friday, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Love and Basketball, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Bamboozled, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Underscore, The Caveman's Valentine (also known as The Sign of the Killer ), MCA/Universal, 2001.

Original Sin (also known as Peche originel ), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001.

Glitter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Jim Brown All American, HBO Sports/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 2002.

Barbershop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002.

25th Hour, Buena Vista, 2002.

(Including songs "Uptown Lowdown" and "JMP"), People I Know (also known as Im inneren kreis and Der innere kreis ), Miramax, 2003.

Dark Blue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2003.

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (documentary), 2004.

Original music, She Hate Me, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Drum, Armada Pictures International, 2004.

Television Music; Movies:

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (also known as Assault at Westpoint ), Showtime, 1994.

(Contributor) Soul of the Game, HBO, 1996.

Gia, HBO, 1998.

The Tempest, NBC, 1998.

A Saintly Switch (also known as In Your Shoes ), ABC, 1999.

Free of Eden, Showtime, 1999.

The Color of Courage, USA Network, 1999.

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (also known as Having Our Say ), CBS, 1999.

Navigating the Heart, Lifetime, 2000.

The Truth about Jane, Lifetime, 2000.

Bojangles, Showtime, 2001.

Redemption, FX Channel, 2004.

Their Eyes Were Watching God (also known as Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God ), ABC, 2005.

Television Music; Miniseries:

The Promised Land, The Discovery Channel, 1995.

A Girl Thing, Showtime, 2001.

Television Music; Other:

Special music, Soul of the Game (also known as Field of Honour ), HBO, 1996.

Sucker Free City (pilot), Showtime, 2004.

Sucker Free City (series), Showtime, 2005.

ADAPTATIONS

Music composed by Blanchard for various films was also featured in the television special Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives, broadcast by HBO in 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 43, Gale, 2004.

Contemporary Musicians, Volume 13, Gale, 1994.

Magro, Anthony, Contemporary Cat: Terence Blanchard with Special Guests, Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Periodicals:

Down Beat, May, 1999, p. 41; December 3, 2000.

Essence, April 1, 2001, p. 76.

Jazz Now, July, 1996.

Time, May 16, 1994, p. 89.

Electronic:

Terence Blanchard Electronic Press Kit, http://www.terenceblanchard.com, May 9, 2005.