ONE LP PORTRAITS: MUSICIANS: S - Z: TERENCE BLANCHARD: Terence Blanchard: Musician

{quote}It's Miles Davis 'Four and More' and the reason why it's so special for me because I remember the first time I heard it as a kid. Listening to that live performance blew me way because you know I had been listening to a very different style of trumpet playing and improvisation. Those guys just kept me in a tail spin trying to figure out what they were doing, where they were going and I remember I was trying to get a handle on what jazz was so I would play each track - and this was back in the days of albums so you're trying to find that spot on the record with the needle! So I used to play 'em over and over and over again.I would play you know, like ‘Four’, I would listen to Miles play then I would only listen to Herbie, go back then only listen to Ron, go back, only listen to Tony. I kept doing man until in my mind - the whole album man, that album had such an impact on my life - you know because it was so forward thinking in the realms of this music - and think about the date that it was recorded.To think that it still stands the test of time today speaks volumes about how important it is.{quote} Terence Blanchard: Old Fruit Market, Glasgow, 30th June 2011Miles Davis: Four & More released 1966 (recorded 1964)Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard: Musician, Miles Davis: Four & More

 

"It's Miles Davis 'Four and More' and the reason why it's so special for me because I remember the first time I heard it as a kid.  

Listening to that live performance blew me way because you know I had been listening to a very different style of trumpet playing and improvisation.  

Those guys just kept me in a tail spin trying to figure out what they were doing, where they were going and I remember I was trying to get a handle on what jazz was so I would play each track - and this was back in the days of albums so you're trying to find that spot on the record with the needle!  

So I used to play 'em over and over and over again. 

I would play you know, like ‘Four’, I would listen to Miles play then I would only listen to Herbie, go back then only listen to Ron, go back, only listen to Tony.  

I kept doing man until in my mind - the whole album man, that album had such an impact on my life - you know because it was so forward thinking in the realms of this music - and think about the date that it was recorded. 

To think that it still stands the test of time today speaks volumes about how important it is." 

Terence Blanchard: Old Fruit Market, Glasgow, 30th June 2011 

Miles Davis: Four & More released 1966 (recorded 1964) 

Terence Blanchard