Eight-time GRAMMY® winner Terence Blanchard takes the PAC NYC stage for an intimate mix of conversation and live performance examining jazz as America’s music and its enduring influence on popular culture. Blanchard will revisit the artists who first inspired him—including Miles Davis and John Coltrane—and reflect on his own evolution as a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. The conversation will span his remarkable work in film, including scores for more than 80 movies, projects with directors such as Elegance Bratton, Regina King, Kasi Lemmons, George Lucas, and Gina Prince-Bythewood, and his three-decade creative partnership with Spike Lee. Turning toward the future, Blanchard looks ahead to new projects, upcoming collaborations, and the next chapter of jazz.