Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Person

Terence Blanchard

Sound 1962-03-13 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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, 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...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog

2009 · Louis' Trumpet Playing (voice)

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992 · Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet

Just Wright

Just Wright

2010 · Jazz Musician

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self

Treme

Treme

2010 · TV

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 · Self

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

2006 · Self

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

2005 · Self

Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music

Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music

2021 · Self - Host

Lights, Action, Music

Lights, Action, Music

2007 · Self

Chick Corea Rendezvous in New York - Chick Corea & Bud Powell

Chick Corea Rendezvous in New York - Chick Corea & Bud Powell

2005 · Trumpet

Jazz at the White House

Jazz at the White House

2016 · Self

Music in Monk Time

Music in Monk Time

1986 · Self

Guilty until Proven Guilty

Guilty until Proven Guilty

2018 · Movie

Chick Corea & Friends: Live - Remembering Bud Powell

2000 · Movie

And Damn He Could Play

2026 · Self