Terence Blanchard

trumpet, piano, composition · 1962 · New Orleans

Born in New Orleans in 1962, Terence Blanchard joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1982, later becoming their musical director. Composer of most of Spike Lee's films since Jungle Fever (1991), he is the first Black composer performed at the Metropolitan Opera, with Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021).

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Styles

• Neoclassicism, Young Lions

Landmark tracks

• Ghost of Congo Square (2007)

Sources

• Source

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