Terence Blanchard - Breathless (2015) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard and his quintet The E-Collective journey into an exciting zone of grooved fusion teeming with funk, R&B and blues colours. The album title makes a statement, referencing the words of Eric Garner (“I can’t breathe”) who died in police custody in New York City in 2014; those words have since echoed across the US and worldwide in protest of discrimination. The adventurous 13-tune recording zeroes in on several Blanchard originals, an epic-length piece by keyboardist Fabian Almazan (Everglades) and a scattering of covers, sung by soothing and soulful vocalist PJ Morton from Maroon 5.