Renowned for his trumpet prowess and composing skills, seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Terence Blanchard makes his Severance Music Center debut with Absence, an evening of music honoring his mentor, jazz icon Wayne Shorter. Joined by longtime collaborators the E-Collective and Turtle Island Quartet, Blanchard celebrates both the brilliance of Shorter’s legacy and the inspiration he has given Blanchard, influencing his ever-expanding amalgam of music and storytelling. “Hardly any other musician has so solid a grasp on the scope of what’s going on in jazz today.” — The New York Times The E-Collective
Terence Blanchard, trumpet
Charles Altura, guitar
Taylor Eigsti, piano/keyboard/synths
David Ginyard, Jr., electric bass
Oscar Seaton, drums
Turtle Island Quartet
David Balakrishnan, violin
Gabriel Terracciano violin
Benjamin von Gutzeit, viola
Naseem Alatrash, cello
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