Terence Blanchard first made a name for himself as the young New Orleans trumpeter who, in 1983, replaced Wynton Marsalis in Art Blakey's famous Jazz Messengers.

The following year Blanchard undertook a memorable partnership with another Jazz Messenger - saxophonist Donald Harrison -, which resulted in interesting tributes to Eric Dolphy and Booker Little, after which he signed a contract with Columbia Records, which helped to establish his name. at the forefront of the so-called “young lions” of jazz in the 1980s, having recorded 13 albums for this label, including the classics “Romantic Defiance”, “The Heart Speaks”, “Jazz on Film” or “ Wandering Moon”.

In 1990, he began to dedicate himself more and more intensively to film music, having to date signed more than 50 soundtracks, 15 of which for films by director Spike Lee.

In 2003, he moved to Blue Note, recording 9 more albums for that label until 2009. After a brief stint at Concord, he returned to Blue Note in 2013 to record “Magnetic”.

Over the years, Terence Blanchard has won 4 Grammy®, and several first places in the most important jazz polls, highlighting, between 2010 and 2014, the awards for Musician of the Year for critics by JazzTimes in 2013 and Trumpeter of the Year for Jazz Journalists Association in 2010 and 2014.

In 2015, Blanchard formed his E-Collective, in which he counts with the collaboration of three of the most brilliant young musicians of today - guitarist Charles Altura, pianist and keyboardist Fabian Almazan and drummer Chris Bailey - and with veteran bassist New Orleans streetcar Donald Ramsey. The E-Collective focuses on the more groove-oriented side of Blanchard, bringing strong influences from soul music, funk and hip-hop to jazz.

It is with this group that Blanchard has recorded a new album, Breathless, released by Blue Note Records at the end of last May, and it is also in front of this group that the trumpeter is scheduled for this edition of the Funchal Jazz Festival.