Terence Blanchard Quintet live at London JazzFestival 2010

Terence Blanchard - Trumpet
Brice Winston - Tenor Sax
Fabian Almazan - Piano
Ben Williams - Bass
Kendrick Scott - Drums

recorded at The Barbican, London, as part of the London Jazz Festival 2010, on 15th November 2010

1. Bass: Choices
2. A Time To Spare
3. Band: Choices
4. Wander Wonder
5. Bounce

As an Art Blakey alumnus, Blanchard learnt the craft of the bandleader early on. With his own group he has a similar concept to Blakey, giving youg lions a context to work their socks off, and to develop. There was one very new player, the ex-Julliard bassist Ben Williams. Blanchard pointed this out he was still relying on the written music. The inference was clear: Blanchard has the clear expectation that, like the others, he should quickly rise to the challenge of getting to know every single tricky contour of Blanchard's compositions. The other band members were both impressive - tenor player Brice Winston and young Cuban pianist Fabian Almazan.
Blanchard's clearly intense work with his band has another purpose too. He responds, deeply, sincerely to developments in society,and acts as the public conscience. He uses recorded words written and spoken by Cornel West. The quintet wraps its work around the compelling speech-rhythms and ideas. Listeners were impressed in the summer by Blanchard's depth and sincerity in "Choices", a response to Katrina. Blanchard as a musician and as a citizen pursues serious goals, and has a healthy disregard for tabloid headlines and throwaway culture.  

Terence Blanchard Quintet + Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg ‘A Tale of God’s Will’ (A Requiem for Katrina) - live at Jazzfest Berlin 2009 - Update

Photo © by JennyBagert

Terence Blanchard · trumpet
Brice Winston · tenor sax
Fabian Almazan · piano
Michael Olatuja · bass
Kendrick Scott · drums
and
Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
Scott Lawton · conductor

recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, November 4, 2009

1. Levees (Terence Blanchard)
2. Ashé (Aaron Parks)
3. In time of need (Brice Winston)
4. Mantra (Kendrick Scott)
5. Dear Mom (Terence Blanchard)
6. Wading Through (Terence Blanchard)

The crucible of catastrophe impels creative expression. Since the turn of the century, this has taken shape in manifold ways, from artistic responses to the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the war in Iraq to the pummeling of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It is this latter calamity that informs Crescent City native son Terence Blanchard’s impassioned song cycle, A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina). An important jumpstart for this recording was director Spike Lee’s (Mo’ Better Blues, German premiere at JazzFest Berlin ’09) decision to document the aftermath of Katrina on film, in what turned out to be the four-hour HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke.
Blanchard’s Quintet and Potsdam’s own Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg make a rare and perfect match – bringing the opus to life as an audible piece of cinemascope.

The Art Of Jazz: Art Blakey at Leverkusener Jazztage 1989

Art Blakey (dr) (1-3,10), (p, voc on 9)

Bryan Lynch (tp)
Javon Jackson (ts)
Donald Harrison (as)
Frank Lacy (tb)
Geoff Keezer (p)
Essiet Okon Essiet (b)
Freddie Hubbard (tp) (5,6,7,9,10)
Terence Blanchard (tp) (1,5-10)
Wayne Shorter (ts) (5,6,7,9,10)
Benny Golson (ts) (5-10)
Jackie McLean (as) (5,6,7,9,10)
Curtis Fuller (tb) (5,6,7,9,10)
Buster Williams (b) (5-10)
Walter Davis Jr. (p) (5-10)
Roy Haynes (dr) (5-9)
Michele Hendrickes (voc) (8)

1. Introduction
2. Two Of A Kind (Blanchard)
3. Core
4. Moanin´(Timmons)
5. Along Came Betty (Golson)
6. Lester Left Town (Shorter)
7. A La Mode (Fuller)
8. Mr. Blakey (Silver)
9. Thelonious - Broadway - For All We Know
10. Blues March (Golson)

Celebrating both the 90th birthday of Mr.Blakey and the 1st anniversary of this blog here comes a very special concert recorded during the 10th Leverkusener Jazztage for Blakey´s 70th birthday featuring a long list of former Jazz Messengers. Part of this concert was released as "Art of Jazz" on In+Out

Herbie Hancock Quintet live in Berlin 2008

Herbie Hancock - Piano, Keyboards
Terence Blanchard - Trumpet
James Genus - Bass
Grégoire Maret - Harmonica
Kendrick Scott - Drums

recorded live at Jazzfest Berlin, November 9, 2008

Tracklist:
1. Actual Proof
2. Speak Like A Child
3. V
4. Chameleon

Sorry for the radio anouncement on Chameleon. Herbie´s latest record on verve is called "River", a collection of Herbie´s renditions of songs by Joni Mitchell: