SFJAZZ appoints Grammy-winner Terence Blanchard as executive artistic director

SFJAZZ appoints Grammy-winner Terence Blanchard as executive artistic director

Terence Blanchard, a seven-time Grammy winner, has been appointed as the new executive artistic director for SFJAZZ.

Terence Blanchard named executive artistic director at SFJAZZ

Trumpeter Terence Blanchard has scored numerous films including Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” and “The Woman King” starring Academy Award-winner Viola Davis. His opera, “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” was the first time a project by an African American composer was staged at the Metropolitan Opera House in its 136-year history. Credit: Cedric Angeles Two little boys sat side by side in Loyola Summer Camp’s jazz band on St. Charles Avenue in the early ‘…