NEA Jazz Master, two-time Emmy and Oscar nominee, and eight-time GRAMMY®-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard has solidified his status as the quintessential 21st-century Renaissance man. To celebrate his artistic achievements, Blanchard will reimagine the music from his critically acclaimed album FLOW for a 20th-anniversary tour in 2025.
Twenty years ago, Blanchard reached a creative pinnacle and entered the studio with a mission: to create music that answers the profound question, “What brings joy and purpose to people’s lives?” This question, along with the album’s title, was inspired by renowned psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, which delves into creativity, peak performance, and genuine happiness.
Two decades and numerous milestones later, Blanchard’s artistic identity and perception of this vital art form have evolved. To celebrate this beloved album and his growth as an artist over the past twenty years, Blanchard has reworked these iconic tunes for his current ensemble, which received a GRAMMY® nomination for its latest recording, Absence. This nine-member ensemble, which has performed hundreds of shows over the last four years, now includes The E-Collective—featuring Charles Altura on guitar, Taylor Eigsti on piano and synthesizers, Oscar Seaton on drums, and David “DJ” Ginyard on bass—as well as the double-GRAMMY®-winning Turtle Island Quartet. This expanded instrumentation will offer a fresh perspective on work that has thrilled Blanchard’s fans and influenced all of his subsequent recordings over the past two decades.
