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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Terence Blanchard Biography (1962-)
Full name, Terence Oliver Blanchard; born March 13, 1962, in New Orleans, LA;son of Joseph Oliver Blanchard (an insurance company manager and part-time opera singer); married, wife's name Robin; children: four, including Olivia Ray. Addresses: Agent: Wayne Fitterman, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Burgess Management,3225 Prytania St., New Orleans, LA 70115.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Composer, trumpet player, band leader, conductor, orchestrator, recording artist, actor
- Birth Details
- March 13, 1962
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Trumpet Player
- (With Natural Spirit Orchestra) School Daze, Columbia, 1988
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Do the Right Thing, MCA/Universal Pictures, 1989
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Mo' Better Blues, Universal, 1990
- (And leader of Big Band, and conductor of Malcolm X Orchestra) MalcolmX, Warner Bros., 1992
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Housesitter, 1992
- (With Terence Blanchard Quintet) Sugar Hill (also known as Harlem), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
- (And orchestrator) The Inkwell (also known as No Ordinary Summer), Buena Vista, 1994
- (With Terence Blanchard Quartet) Trial by Jury, Warner Bros., 1994
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Backbeat, 1994
- Soloist, Primal Fear, Paramount, 1996
- (And score producer and conductor) 4 Little Girls, Green Valley Films, 1997
- Soloist (and score conductor), Summer of Sam, Buena Vista, 1999
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Random Hearts, Columbia, 1999
- (And conductor) Bamboozled, New Line Cinema, 2000
- (And organist) Glitter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
- Soloist, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2001
- (And conductor) Jim Brown All American, HBO Sports/40 Acres and aMule Filmworks, 2002
- Soloist, The Salton Sea, Warner Bros., 2002
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Other
- Conductor, Crooklyn, Universal, 1994
- Conductor, Clockers, Universal, 1995
- Score producer and conductor, Get On the Bus, Columbia, 1996
- Music arranger, "A Child with the Blues," Eve's Bayou, MCA/Universal, 1997
- Music conductor, Next Friday, New Line Cinema, 2000
- Orchestrator and conductor, Love & Basketball, New Line Cinema, 2000
- Orchestrator and conductor, The Caveman's Valentine (also known asSign of the Killer), MCA/Universal, 2001
- Conductor and orchestrator, Original Sin (also known as Peche originel), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001
- Conductor and organist, Barbershop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
- Song performer, "Uptown Lowdown" and "JMP," People I Know (also known as Im inneren kreis and Der innere kreis), Miramax, 2003
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Film Appearances
- Trumpet player with Billie Holiday Quartet, Malcolm X, Warner Bros., 1992
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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Country Spring Break '94, ABC, 1994
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Swing into Christmas, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
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Miniseries
- Himself, A Girl Thing, Showtime, 2001
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Episodic
- Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 1999
- Appeared in episodes of ABC in Concert, ABC, and Evening at Pops, PBS.
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Television Music Performer
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Soul of the Game (movie), HBO, 1996
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (special),HBO, 2003
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RECORDINGS
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Albums; Solo Artist
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Terence Blanchard, Columbia/Sony, 1991
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Simply Stated, Columbia/Sony, 1992
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The Malcolm X Jazz Suite, Columbia/Sony, 1993
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In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook, Columbia/Sony, 1994
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Romantic Defiance, Columbia/Sony, 1995
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The Heart Speaks, Columbia, 1995
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Jazz in Film, Sony Classical, 1999
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Wandering Moon, Sony Classical, 2000
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Let's Get Lost: The Songs of Jimmy McHugh, Sony Classical, 2001
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Bounce, Blue Note, 2003
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Flow, Blue Note, 2005
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Albums; With Donald Harrison
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New York Second Line, Concord Jazz, 1983
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Discernment, Concord Jazz, 1986
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Nascence, Columbia, 1986
- (With Harrison and others) Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Remembered Live at Sweet Basil, two volumes, Evidence, 1986
- (With Harrison and others) Fire Waltz: Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Remembered, Projazz, 1986
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Crystal Stair, Columbia/CBS, 1987
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Black Pearl, Columbia/CBS, 1988
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Albums; With Art Blakey
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New York Scene, Concord Jazz, 1984
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Live at Kimball's, Concord Jazz, 1987
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Blue Night, Timeless, 1991
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Dr. Jekyle, Evidence, 1992
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Hard Champion, Evidence, 1992
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New Year's Eve at Sweet Basil, Evidence, 1992
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Film Soundtrack Albums; Contributor
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School Daze, EMI-Manhattan, 1988
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Do the Right Thing, Columbia, 1989
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Mo' Better Blues, Columbia/Sony, 1990
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Jungle Fever, Motown, 1991
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Malcolm X, Columbia/Sony, 1993
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Sugar Hill, Arista, 1993
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Crooklyn, 1994
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The Inkwell, Buena Vista, 1994
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Trial by Jury, 1994
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Backbeat, Polygram/Verve, 1994
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Clockers, Columbia/Sony, 1995
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The Promised Land, Columbia/Sony, 1995
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Get on the Bus, Columbia, 1996
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'Til There Was You, Paramount, 1997
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4 Little Girls, 1997
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Eve's Bayou, Sonic Images/MCA, 1997
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Summer of Sam, 1999
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Next Friday, 2000
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The Caveman's Valentine, Decca, 2001
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Original Sin, Chapter III, 2001
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25th Hour, Hollywood, 2002
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People I Know, Decca, 2003
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She Hate Me, Milan, 2004
- Also contributed to the soundtrack recording of Housesitter.
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Videos
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Rendezvous in New York (concert video), Ideal Entertainment, 2004
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WRITINGS
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Film Music
- Song, "Sing Soweto," Mo' Better Blues, Universal, 1990
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Jungle Fever, Universal, 1991
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Malcolm X, Warner Bros., 1992
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Crooklyn, Universal, 1994
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Sugar Hill (also known as Harlem), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
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The Inkwell (also known as No Ordinary Summer), Buena Vista, 1994
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Trial by Jury, Warner Bros., 1994
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Clockers, Universal, 1995
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Get On the Bus, Columbia, 1996
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4 Little Girls, Green Valley Films, 1997
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'Til There Was You, Paramount, 1997
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Eve's Bayou, MCA/Universal, 1997
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Summer of Sam, Buena Vista, 1999
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Next Friday, New Line Cinema, 2000
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Love and Basketball, New Line Cinema, 2000
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Bamboozled, New Line Cinema, 2000
- Underscore, The Caveman's Valentine (also known as The Sign ofthe Killer), MCA/Universal, 2001
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Original Sin (also known as Peche originel), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001
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Glitter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
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Jim Brown All American, HBO Sports/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks,2002
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Barbershop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
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25th Hour, Buena Vista, 2002
- (Including songs "Uptown Lowdown" and "JMP"), People I Know (alsoknown as Im inneren kreis and Der innere kreis), Miramax, 2003
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Dark Blue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2003
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Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (documentary), 2004
- Original music, She Hate Me, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004
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Drum, Armada Pictures International, 2004
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Television Music
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Movies
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (also known as Assault at Westpoint), Showtime, 1994
- (Contributor) Soul of the Game, HBO, 1996
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Gia, HBO, 1998
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The Tempest, NBC, 1998
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A Saintly Switch (also known as In Your Shoes), ABC, 1999
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Free of Eden, Showtime, 1999
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The Color of Courage, USA Network, 1999
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (also known asHaving Our Say), CBS, 1999
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Navigating the Heart, Lifetime, 2000
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The Truth about Jane, Lifetime, 2000
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Bojangles, Showtime, 2001
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Redemption, FX Channel, 2004
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (also known as Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God), ABC, 2005
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Miniseries
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The Promised Land, The Discovery Channel, 1995
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A Girl Thing, Showtime, 2001
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Other
- Special music, Soul of the Game (also known as Field of Honour), HBO, 1996
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Sucker Free City (pilot), Showtime, 2004
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Sucker Free City (series), Showtime, 2005
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- Music composed by Blanchard for various films was also featured in the television special Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives, broadcast by HBO in 2003.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 43, Gale, 2004
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Contemporary Musicians, Volume 13, Gale, 1994
- Magro, Anthony, Contemporary Cat: Terence Blanchard with Special Guests, Scarecrow Press, 2002
Periodicals
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Down Beat, May, 1999, p. 41; December 3, 2000
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Essence, April 1, 2001, p. 76
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Jazz Now, July, 1996
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Time, May 16, 1994, p. 89
Electronic
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Terence Blanchard Electronic Press Kit, http://www.terenceblanchard.com, May 9, 2005
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