Terence Blanchard To Perform Live at J&R

Jazz Trumpeter Terence Blanchard will be performing & signing autographs as part J&R’s next WBGO Live Radio Remote on Saturday, September 15th at 4pm.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans native son Terence Blanchard has created an impassioned song cycle, A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), a 13-track emotional tour de force of anger, rage, compassion, melancholy and beauty. “This is what we are called to do as artists”, says the trumpeter, bandleader, arranger and film-score composer. “We document our social surroundings and give our impressions of events”.

An important jumpstart for “A Tale Of God’s Will” was director Spike Lee’s decision to document the aftermath of Katrina on film, in what turned out to be the four-hour award-winning HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke, which aired last year.

For directions to J&R, click here.

This entry was posted by RNYK on Monday, August 27th, 2007 at 5:27 pm