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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... Read More

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.

Terence Blanchard wrote his first piece of music for a Spike Lee joint nearly 30 years ago. Listen.

Spike Lee has long been known as a presence courtside at professional basketball games. But not many people realize he has a team of his... Read More

Tuesday morning’s (Jan. 22) Oscar nominations for best original score includes some returning favorites — Alexandre Desplat, Marc Shaiman and Nicholas Britell — as well... Read More

One of the most arresting sequences in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” — based on the true story of an African American cop who infiltrated the Ku... Read More

For three decades, Spike Lee has been one of the most reliable figures in American cinema, but one of his regular collaborators often hides in... Read More

Spike Lee’s go-to composer since Mo’ Better Blues hit theaters 28 years ago, Terence Blanchard knows the realities of longtime creative partnerships—the way in which... Read More

Terence Blanchard has always been drawn to a form of lyricism that runs burnished and bittersweet. You can track this mood throughout his career as... Read More