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Breathless (Terence Blanchard album)

Breathless is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard. The album was released on May 26, 2015 by Blue Note Records. The record also produced one single, "Soldiers".

Background
Breathless features Blanchard's new band, The E-Collective, consisting of Fabian Almazan on keyboards, Charles Altura on guitar, Donald Ramsey on bass, and Oscar Seaton on drums. The album also features Maroon 5's PJ Morton on three cuts, and JRei Oliver, Terence's son, on spoken word. Blanchard explained that he and drummer Oscar Seaton, with whom he has recorded several film scores, had been talking about an album like this for years before they finally found time to record it. Like his previous album ''A Tale of God's Will, this record is also a thematic album inspired by tragedy. The album title serves as a reminder of the last words said by black New Yorker Eric Garner (“I can’t breathe”) in a chokehold by a NYPD officer Breathless'' was nominated for 2016 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. ==Reception==
Reception
Bill Beuttler of JazzTimes wrote "Blanchard’s trumpet, of course, provides scorching firepower atop the band’s assortment of infectious grooves. It may not be jazz as we know it, but it’s soulful, sophisticated and worth meeting on its own terms. And it’s good that Blanchard finally got around to it." Cormac Larkin of The Irish Times commented "The spirit of Miles Davis would be hard for any American trumpeter in this genre to avoid, and there are certainly echoes of electric Miles, but perhaps also – intentionally or not – there is something more European here, reminiscent of Nils Petter Molvaer’s “future-jazz”, with the austere Nordic grooves replaced by the heat and flawless poise of some old-school jazz-funk". ==Track listing==
Personnel
The E-Collective • Terence Blanchard – trumpet, producer, writer (tracks: 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 12) • Donald Ramsey – bass • Oscar Seaton – drums • Charles Altura – guitar • Fabian Almazan – piano, synth Production • Don Was – A&R • Steve Cook – A&R, administration • Randall Leddy – art direction, design • Andrew F. Scott - cover art • Casey Contreary – assistant engineer • Frank Wolf – engineer, mixing • Don Was – executive producer • Gavin Lurssen – mastering • Henry Adebonojo – photography • Robin Burgess – producer • Tondrae Kemp – tour manager ==Chart performance==
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