Terence Blanchard made history last season when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first work by a Black composer staged by the Metropolitan Opera. And the Met has asked for more. 


'Champion' is not your grandmother's Metropolitan Opera

Learn more about bassist, bandleader and pioneer Charles Mingus, regarded as one of the greatest jazz artists of the 20th century.


How the late jazz great Charles Mingus is being remembered 100 years later

Chick Corea loved to collaborate. His former bandmates are honoring his memory with two star-studded concerts.


How the late jazz great Chick Corea is being remembered — in concert

For most artists, 2020 was a year of forced isolation and few opportunities. But Dan Tepfer, a jazz pianist and composer, had a busy year, partly thanks to his technological acumen.


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