New Orleans musician, composer and educator Terence Blanchard is already an Academy Award-nominated and a multiple Grammy Award-winning mind. Now, he can add Variety Artisan Award winner to his CV,...

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I really don’t know where to start. This past month, this past year, has been such an onslaught of terrible images and deeds and utter sorrow, and so many thoughts...

Composer and musician Terence Blanchard is synonymous with the work of Spike Lee. Starting with 1991’s Jungle Fever, Blanchard has composed the score for almost every single Spike Lee joint,...

Terence Blanchard talks with KCRW about how he composed music for “Da 5 Bloods” and his experiences living as a Black father in America. Read More.

This new work, with music by Terence Blanchard and a libretto by Kasi Lemmons, is a bold and affecting adaptation of Charles Blow’s memoir. Read More.

The episode features visits with New Orleans musicians including Terence Blanchard. Watch episode.

Jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard has six Grammy Awards, but this year, he’s received his first Oscar nomination, for his original score in the 2018 film “BlacKkKlansman.” Listen.

The Grammy-winning jazz star and composer is up for his first Oscar for his work on Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. It’s long overdue. Read More.