Ten years after the most devastating natural disaster in United States history, ABC anchor and Mississippi Gulf Coast native, Robin Roberts returns to the region to explore Hurricane Katrina’s legacy, examine the remarkable recovery, where it has fallen short, and celebrate the indomitable spirit that runs through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
By Caragh Fisher
The riotously danceable cover of Les McCann’s classic “Compared to What” that opens Terence Blanchard’sBreathless sets up the counterintuitive mix of groove-oriented partying and protest to follow brilliantly.
By Bill Beuttler
[INTERVIEW] Veteran trumpeter Terence Blanchard discusses Eric Garner and why he dedicated his 20th album to social protest
By Janelle Watkins
Generations ago, Jazz musicians were still a vital part of Black urban communities, so much so that Jazz music was viewed as the music of a revolutionary vanguard during the Black liberation movement of the 1960s.
By Mark Anthony Neal
Radio stations, magazines, newspapers and other media outlets have long sought to create events that express their identity. It’s a way for the people who make the contents to encounter their listeners/readers directly, to create new content, to access new audiences, to generally “extend the brand”, as current branding parlance puts it.
By John L. Walters
Berklee College of Music has named world-renowned trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and Blue Note recording artist Terence Blanchard as a visiting scholar in the Jazz Composition department beginning in the fall of 2015. Blanchard will also work in the Film Scoring and Brass departments, and for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute.
Recently, I joined with Apple Music and their new Connect app — it’s been great so far and I’ve been posting new videos, playlists, and stories daily. You can follow me here on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/zlZb
I want nothing less than to change hearts and souls. If you let them, music and art can do this. They go well beyond words and, to me, contain that power, are an entity, a means, pushing people to connect, to be open to absorb so many different ideas, concepts. Music is a communal thing, concerts bringing people together to vibe in one place, for one night. When I think about all of those great concerts that I’ve gone to throughout my years, inspired by the performances, an audience of like minds getting high on the beauty of the music, the message of the words, that to me is the power of this art.
By Terence Blanchard
Jazz FM’s Love Supreme Festival returned for a third triumphant year this weekend, and as a reveller at all three I’m bold enough to declare it just keeps getting bigger and better.
By Nicola Greenbrook
The Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest, continuously running jazz festival in the world (b. 1958).