"Exquisite disc... Blanchard leads his band through lush sways and invigorating jaunts"
 San Francisco Chronicle

Trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard explores Hollywood's classic jazz film scores in this new all-star recording that also features Joe Henderson and the late Kenny Kirkland. Terence's new arrangements for jazz combo with orchestra of nine themes by the genre's greatest composers, plus stunning performances by a band of today's finest players, adds up to an absolutely fresh look at the emergence of jazz in music written for the movies.

Jazz in Film traces the rise of this uniquely American music form in movie soundtracks starting with Alex North's 1951 score for A Streetcar Named Desire up through Terence's own composition for Spike Lee's 1995 film Clockers. Two Duke Ellington tracks are included: his famous Anatomy of a Murder and music composed in 1968 for a film that was never released, Degas' Racing World. Other highlights are the classic 1970s scores, Bernard Herrmann's Taxi Driver and Jerry Goldsmith's Chinatown. Goldsmith calls Blanchard "...a master. His interpretation of Chinatown is superb." Elmer Bernstein notes, "The Man With the Golden Arm has lain dormant for many years, and it is exciting to hear it re-appear 43 years later with the great energy and artistry of the fine artists performing on this album." Also included are André Previn's The Subterraneans and Quincy Jones' The Pawnbroker.

Led by Terence Blanchard on trumpet, the all-star band features Joe Henderson on tenor sax, Donald Harrison on alto sax, Steve Turre on trombone, Kenny Kirkland (in one of his last recordings) on piano, Reginald Veal on bass, and Carl Allen on drums.

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