Absence is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet.

[1] Steve Futterman of The New Yorker wrote, "With “Absence,” the trumpeter Terence Blanchard pays tribute to the influential octogenarian composer in a project that reconsiders a handful of Shorter's works..., along with originals dedicated to the iconic patriarch.

Employing his plugged-in E-Collective unit, with ample contributions from the Turtle Island Quartet, and tellingly shedding any additional wind instruments, Blanchard avoids deliberate stylistic intimations of Shorter's own classic work, or of his collaborations with both Miles Davis and Weather Report, in favor of a lush and dramatic soundscape that calls to mind Blanchard's career as a successful film composer.

The composition quality and all-around musicianship are foregone conclusions with Blanchard, who somehow manages not to spread himself thin when premiering an opera in New York while scoring multiple works for Spike Lee.

"[7] Mike Hobart in his review for Jazzwise added, "An impressive, densely-textured album, with headlong improvisations spiced by dramatic juxtapositions of electric band and strings.