Music Review

Wandering Moon (2000)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Feb 15, 2000; Lead Performance: Terence Blanchard; Genre: Jazz

Wynton Marsalis may gather the attention, but his fellow New Orleans trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard is the mainstream jazzman making the more significant records. Although bolstered by outstanding guests — bassist Dave Holland and saxist Branford Marsalis — Wandering Moon boasts a unified sound that speaks of Blanchard's ever-individualized vision, a distinctiveness that also juices up his creamy horn playing. B+

Originally posted Feb 25, 2000 Published in issue #527 Feb 25, 2000 Order article reprints

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