The loyal couriers of the U.S. Postal Service are duty-bound to deliver in times of rain, snow, sleet or hail. I guess the same can be said of jazz musicians.
With flights snowed in at New York, the band of famed trumpeter Terence Blanchard hopped a train to Philadelphia, where air troubles continued. Finally boarding a much delayed flight, the band barely got to Memorial Hall in time on Friday.
“When they say the show must go on, they didn’t tell the airline companies,” Blanchard joked during his headlining set at UNC’s 33rd Carolina Jazz Festival.
Terence Blanchard
Memorial Hall
Friday
Arts verdict: 4 of 5 stars
“Choices.”
