Terence Blanchard

American musician and composer

Born: 13 March 1962
New Orleans
Country: United States
Active: 1980–
Record labels: Columbia Records, Blue Note
Discography: 45 albums

Biography

Terence Blanchard is a jazz musician who plays trumpet and upright piano. Terence Blanchard was born on 13 March 1962 in New Orleans. The music is usually filed under jazz, hard bop and opera. Record labels: Columbia Records and Blue Note. The discography here lists 45 albums, from “New York Second Line” (1984) to “By Any Means: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (2026).

Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He has also written two operas and more than 80 film and television scores. Blanchard has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Original Score for BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Da 5 Bloods (2020), both directed by Spike Lee, a frequent collaborator. Blanchard started his career in 1980 playing in the Lionel Hampton Orchestra while studying jazz at Rutgers University. In 1982, just before he turned 20, he dropped out of Rutgers to join The Jazz Messengers, launching a professional career now in its fifth decade. The Metropolitan Opera in New York staged Blanchard's opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones in its 2021–2022 season, the first opera by an African American composer in the organization's history. Blanchard is also a passionate educational mentor. From 2000 to 2011, Blanchard served as artistic director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

New York Second Line 1984 · Concord Jazz Discernment 1986 Crystal Stair 1987 · Columbia

Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Remembered Live at Sweet Basil 1987 · Live

Music From Mo’ Better Blues 1990

Terence Blanchard 1991 · Columbia Malcolm X 1992 · Columbia Simply Stated 1992 · Columbia The Malcolm X Jazz Suite 1993 · Columbia The Billie Holiday Songbook 1994 · Columbia Clockers 1995 · Columbia Romantic Defiance 1995 · Columbia The Heart Speaks 1996 · Columbia Eve's Bayou 1997 · Sonic Images Jazz in Film 1999 · Sony Classical Wandering Moon 2000 · Sony Classical Let’s Get Lost 2001 · Sony Classical Original Sin 2001 The Caveman's Valentine 2001 · Decca Records 25th Hour 2003 · Hollywood Records Bounce 2003 · Blue Note People I Know 2003 · Decca Records She Hate Me 2004 · Milan Flow 2005 · Blue Note Inside Man 2006 · Varèse Sarabande A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) 2007 · Blue Note Miracle at St. Anna 2008 Red Tails 2012 · Sony Classical Magnetic 2013 · Blue Note Breathless 2015 · Blue Note The Comedian 2017 · Blue Note BlacKkKlansman 2018 · Back Lot Music

Live 2018 · Live

Harriet 2019 Da 5 Bloods 2020 · Sony Music Perry Mason: Season 1 (Music From The HBO Series) 2020 · WaterTower Music Absence 2021 · Blue Note

Fire Shut Up in My Bones 2022 · Live

The Woman King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2022 · Milan

Blanchard: Champion 2023 · Live

Perry Mason: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the HBO Series) 2023 · WaterTower Music Music from Tiana’s Bayou Adventure 2024 · Walt Disney Records Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Soundtrack from the Netflix Documentary Series) 2025 · Netflix Music By Any Means: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2026 · Lakeshore Records

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Albums where Terence Blanchard is credited as a sideman

1990	As Long as There's Music — Cedar Walton	trumpet
1993	Let's Hang Out — J.J. Johnson	trumpet
1999	Random Hearts — Dave Grusin	trumpet
2002	Jazz Is a Spirit — Terri Lyne Carrington	trumpet
2003	Rendezvous in New York — Chick Corea	trumpet
2004	Illuminations — McCoy Tyner	trumpet
2008	Cannon Re-Loaded — Tom Scott	trumpet
2014	Ske‐Dat‐De‐Dat: The Spirit of Satch — Dr. John	trumpet
2017	Nat “King” Cole & Me — Gregory Porter	trumpet