We celebrating Jazz Appreciation month with an in-depth conversation with composer and jazz musician Terence Blanchard. Terence Blanchard has a long list of exceptional jazz credentials, but he’s most recently found acclaim as the first Black composer to compose an opera presented by the Metropolitan Opera. In this podcast, he discusses how he came to write the opera (which was funded in part by the Arts Endowment), the significance of its playing on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, his long collaboration with Spike Lee, how composing for film enabled him to write opera, his time as a Jazz Messenger and the influence of Art Blakey, the impact of Black Lives Matter on his work, and the joy of playing live with his group the E Collective.
By Any Measure
No art unconsidered
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