TERENCE BLANCHARD FLOW Feat. E-Collective & Turtle Island String Quartet / SATURDAY, MAY 17

The Story:

NEA Jazz Master, Two-time EMMY and Oscar Nominee, Eight-time GRAMMY® winning trumpeter & composer Terence Blanchard has established himself as the quintessential 21st Century Renaissance man. In celebration of 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 arrived at one of many creative pinnacles in his career, and entered the studio with the objective of creating music that answers one simple, but immense question: What brings joy and purpose to people's lives? Both this query and the subsequent title of the album were inspired by the renowned psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience which explores creativity, peak performance, and genuine happiness.

Twenty years and many milestones later, Blanchard’s artistic identity and perception of this important art form have continued to change with his own work.  To celebrate this fan favorite album, but also his own evolution as an artist over the last two decades, Blanchard has reworked these iconic tunes for his current ensemble de force, which received a GRAMMY-nomination for its most recent recording, Absence.  This nine-member ensemble, which has performed hundreds of shows over the last four years, now includes The E-Collective, which is comprised of Charles Altura on guitar, Taylor Eigsti on piano and synthesizers, Oscar Seaton on drums, and David “DJ” Ginyard on bass, as well as double-GRAMMY®-winning Turtle Island Quartet.  This expansion of instrumentation will offer an updated look at work that has thrilled Blanchard’s fans and rippled through all of his subsequent recordings for the last two decades.