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'''''Black Pearl''''' is an album by the American jazz duo ]/], released in 1988.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Magro |first1=Anthony |title=Contemporary Cat: Terence Blanchard with Special Guests |date=2002 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=83}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones IV |first1=James T. |title=Traditionalists hit the big time |work=USA Today |date=September 13, 1988 |page=2D}}</ref> It was their final album together; Terence Blanchard began his long partnership with the director ] on '']'', released the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levesque |first1=Roger |title=Trumpeter alternates jazz sets, movie sets |work=Edmonton Journal |date=December 11, 1992 |page=F3}}</ref> The duo supported the album with EastCoastlivedates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNally |first1=Owen |title=Weak sound trims jazz quintet to trio |work=Hartford Courant |date=July 24, 1988 |page=B4}}</ref>
'''''Black Pearl''''' is an album by the American jazz duo ]/], released in 1988.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Magro |first1=Anthony |title=Contemporary Cat: Terence Blanchard with Special Guests |date=2002 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=83}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones IV |first1=James T. |title=Traditionalists hit the big time |work=USA Today |date=September 13, 1988 |page=2D}}</ref> It was their final album together; Terence Blanchard began his long partnership with the director ] on '']'', released the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levesque |first1=Roger |title=Trumpeter alternates jazz sets, movie sets |work=Edmonton Journal |date=December 11, 1992 |page=F3}}</ref> The duo supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNally |first1=Owen |title=Weak sound trims jazz quintet to trio |work=Hartford Courant |date=July 24, 1988 |page=B4}}</ref>
==Production==
==Production==
Donald Harrison and Blanchard were backed by ] on drums, ] on bass, and ] on piano.<ref name=GM/> ] played guitar on "Infinite Heart".<ref name=AM/> Harrison played a ] on some of the songs.<ref name=PI/> "Somewhere" is an interpretation of ]'s composition.<ref name=WP/> "Selim Sivad" is a paean to ].<ref name=AM/>
Donald Harrison and Blanchard were backed by ] on drums, ] on bass, and ] on piano.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Alan |title=Jazz needs TV exposure, trumpeter says |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=September 25, 1988 |page=E6}}</ref> ] played guitar on "Infinite Heart".<ref name=AM/> Harrison played a ] on some of the songs.<ref name=PI/> "Somewhere" is an interpretation of ]'s composition.<ref name=WP/> "Selim Sivad" is a paean to ].<ref name=AM/>
==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
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Black Pearl is an album by the American jazz duo Harrison/Blanchard, released in 1988. It was their final album together; Terence Blanchard began his long partnership with the director Spike Lee on School Daze, released the same year. The duo supported the album with a North American tour.
The Washington Post noted that "the mood is generally dark, somber and understated—even 'Ninth Ward Strut', the third tune on the album and the first to really emphasize a beat, keeps the rhythms tightly contained." The Globe and Mail said that the duo's "tunes are flirtatious, full of ambiguities and open ends; their solos are as often wistfully evasive as they are punchy and to the point." The Ottawa Citizen stated that the "solid, post-bop improvising shows the duo's ability to move outside conventions and to compose well structured pieces."
The Windsor Star concluded that "the title cut has a haunting quality, quietly suspenseful, but some tunes are blandly vamp-like." The Buffalo News opined that "there is something curiously abstract, theoretical and even tentative about the record". The Commercial Appeal praised "Blanchard's finest recorded trumpet solos". The New York Daily News opined that the duo "prove that recreating bop-era jazz needn't result in wax-museum-like records like those of Wynton Marsalis."
