Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet

ABSENCE: For this concert, two-time Oscar® nominee, 2018 USA Fellow, and five-time GRAMMY®-winning trumpeter & composer Terence Blanchard celebrates the brilliance of Wayne Shorter’s legacy and the inspiration he has given Blanchard, influencing his ever-expanding amalgam of music and storytelling. For this monumental task, Blanchard unites his internationally acclaimed band The E-Collective, featuring young musical pioneers Charles Altura on guitar, Fabian Almazan on piano and synthesizers, Oscar Seaton on drums, and David “DJ” Ginyard on bass, with the double-GRAMMY®-winning Turtle Island Quartet.