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Blanchard, Terence

LC control no.n 84163043
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Personal name headingBlanchard, Terence
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1962-03-13
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
Field of activityTrumpet music Jazz Composition (Music) Motion picture music
AffiliationRutgers University Donald Harrison Quintet
Profession or occupationTrumpet players Jazz musicians Composers Film composers
Found inHis New York second line [SR] p1984: label (Terence Blanchard, trumpet)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Blanchard, Terence; b. Mar. 13, 1962, New Orleans; trumpeter)
African American National Biography, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blanchard, Terence Oliver; jazz musician, composer / arranger; born 13 March 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; toured with Lionel Hamptonwhile in Rutgers University (until 1982); left Rutgers to tour with Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers (1982-1986); co-leader of quintet with saxophonist Donald Harrison, recording five albums (1984-1988); performed on Spike Lee films soundtracks, first solo album (1991); sought after Hollywood composer); nominated for twelve Grammy Awards through 2010, won five, including best jazz instrumental solo (2008) for "Be-Bop" on the album Live, and for "Dancin' for Chicken" on the album Watts (2009))
Associated languageeng
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