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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...

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...

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...

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

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...