Born in Benin (West Africa), Angelique Kidjo is a Grammy award-winning music recording artist deemed "Africa's premier diva" by Time Magazine. Kidjo's internationally acclaimed repertoire includes collaborations with various recording artists such as Carlos Santana, Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, Josh Groban, Branford Marsalis, Joss Stone, and many more. Known for her dynamic and uplifting music, she has translated her distinctive work in the arts to that of philanthropy; by promoting education for girls in Africa through her foundation, Batonga and as a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador Kidjo travels the world to inspire and empower.
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TERENCE BLANCHARD
By Michael G. Nastos
for Allmusic.com
In the post-Wynton Marsalis era, jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard has become a most prominent brass player, bandleader, recording artist, orchestrator of film scores, and leader in the mainstream post-bop community. Born on March 13, 1962, in New Orleans, LA, Terence Oliver Blanchard was an only child to parents Wilhelmina and Joseph Oliver Blanchard. He began playing piano by the age of five, switched to trumpet three years later, and played alongside childhood friend Marsalis in summer band camps. While in high school, he took extracurricular classes at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts with Roger Dickerson and Ellis Marsalis. From 1980 to 1982, Blanchard studied under Paul Jeffrey and Bill Fielder at Rutgers University in New Jersey while touring with Lionel Hampton's orchestra. In 1982 Blanchard replaced Wynton Marsalis under his recommendation in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, working in that band up to 1986 as lead soloist and musical director. He then co-led a prominent quintet with saxophonist Donald Harrison, recording seven albums for the Concord, Columbia, and Evidence record labels in five years, including a stirring in-concert tribute to the Eric Dolphy/Booker Little ensemble...
By Michael G. Nastos
for Allmusic.com
In the post-Wynton Marsalis era, jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard has become a most prominent brass player, bandleader, recording artist, orchestrator of film scores, and leader in the mainstream post-bop community. Born on March 13, 1962, in New Orleans, LA, Terence Oliver Blanchard was an only child to parents Wilhelmina and Joseph Oliver Blanchard. He began playing piano by the age of five, switched to trumpet three years later, and played alongside childhood friend Marsalis in summer band camps. While in high school, he took extracurricular classes at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts with Roger Dickerson and Ellis Marsalis. From 1980 to 1982, Blanchard studied under Paul Jeffrey and Bill Fielder at Rutgers University in New Jersey while touring with Lionel Hampton's orchestra. In 1982 Blanchard replaced Wynton Marsalis under his recommendation in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, working in that band up to 1986 as lead soloist and musical director. He then co-led a prominent quintet with saxophonist Donald Harrison, recording seven albums for the Concord, Columbia, and Evidence record labels in five years, including a stirring in-concert tribute to the Eric Dolphy/Booker Little ensemble...
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The Song:
"La Vie en Rose"
Angelique Kidjo & Terence Blanchard
with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
(Edith Guglieme, Luis Gugielmo, Giovanna Gasson)
WB Music Corp. obo Editions, Paul Beuscher SA
Angelique Kidjo - vocals
Terence Blanchard - lead trumpet
Mark Braud - trumpet
Clint Maedgen - clarinet
Daniel "Weenie" Farrow - tenor sax
Lucien Barbarin - trombone
Carl LeBlanc - banjo
Rickie Monie - piano
Walter Payton - string bass
Joe Lastie - drums
Angelique Kidjo appears courtesy of Razor & Tie
Terence Blanchard appears courtesy of Concord Records
EDITH PIAF PERFORMS "LA VIE EN ROSE"
ANGELIQUE KIDJO - WOMBO LOMBO
TERENCE BLANCHARD - CHOICES (Webisode 5)
"La Vie en Rose"
Angelique Kidjo & Terence Blanchard
with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
(Edith Guglieme, Luis Gugielmo, Giovanna Gasson)
WB Music Corp. obo Editions, Paul Beuscher SA
Angelique Kidjo - vocals
Terence Blanchard - lead trumpet
Mark Braud - trumpet
Clint Maedgen - clarinet
Daniel "Weenie" Farrow - tenor sax
Lucien Barbarin - trombone
Carl LeBlanc - banjo
Rickie Monie - piano
Walter Payton - string bass
Joe Lastie - drums
Angelique Kidjo appears courtesy of Razor & Tie
Terence Blanchard appears courtesy of Concord Records
EDITH PIAF PERFORMS "LA VIE EN ROSE"
ANGELIQUE KIDJO - WOMBO LOMBO
TERENCE BLANCHARD - CHOICES (Webisode 5)
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