Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment?

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Over the past 50 years, the music has become entrenched in academic institutions. As a result, it’s often inaccessible to, and disconnected from, many of the very people who created it: young Black...

Opinion: Black Protest Is Music. Learning The Melody Isn't Enough

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Terence Blanchard is a jazz trumpeter, composer and music educator. His most recent work is the score for the 2020 film Da 5 Bloods, his latest of many