Terri Lyne Carrington
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Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is a jazz drummer, composer, record producer, and entrepreneur.
She has worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarrets, and many others.
Between 1997 and 2007, she toured with each of Hancock's musical styles (from electric to acoustic). She was appointed professor at Berklee College of Music, where she earned an honorary doctorate in 2003.
She has received three Grammy Awards, including a 2013 award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, establishing her as the first female artist to win a Grammy Award in this segment. Gender Justice is a forensic consultant.
Early years
Carrington was born in Medford, Massachusetts, United States, into a musical family: her mother played piano as a hobby, and her father, a Boston Jazz Society saxophonist and president. Carrington was given a set of drums that belonged to her grandfather, Matt Carrington, who had competed with Fats Waller and Chu Berry at the age of seven. Clark Terry, who had been studying privately for three years, gave her first major appearance at the Wichita Jazz Festival. She received a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music at the age of 11.
She performed with musicians including Kevin Eubanks, Donald Harrison, and Greg Osby at Berklee College of Music. Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, George Coleman, and her father all studied under drum instructor Alan Dawson and made a private recording called TLC and Friends.
Music career
In 1983, encouraged by her mentor, Jack DeJohnette, Carrington moved to New York, where she worked with Lester Bowie, Stan Getz, James Moody, David Sanborn, Pharoah Sanders, and Cassandra Wilson. In the late 1980s Carrington moved to Los Angeles, where she was the house drummer for The Arsenio Hall Show and later the drummer on Quincy Jones' late-night TV show VIBE hosted by Sinbad.
As a bandleader, she has worked with Geri Allen, James Genus, Josh Harri, Bob Hurst, Everette Harp, Nona Hendryx, Munyungo Jackson, Ingrid Jensen, Aruan Ortiz, Greg Phillinganes, Tineke Postma, Patrice Rushen, Nêgah Santos, Dwight Sills, Esperanza Spalding, Helen Sung, and Gary Thomas.
In summer 2011, she appeared with Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, Danilo Perez in South America. She was musical director of the Sing the Truth Tour with Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo (with Romero Lubambo, Geri Allen, James Genus, and Munyungo Jackson).
As a recording artist, in 1988 Carrington started concentrating her efforts on writing and producing her own works, resulting in Real Life Story, her 1989 Grammy-nominated debut album with Gerald Albright, Hiram Bullock, Greg Osby, Dianne Reeves, Patrice Rushen, Carlos Santana, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, and Grover Washington Jr.; Jazz is a Spirit, her 2002 European album with Terence Blanchard, Kevin Eubanks. Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, and Gary Thomas; and Structure, her 2004 European album with Greg Osby, Jimmy Haslip, and Adam Rogers.
In 2009, Carrington released More to Say ... Real Life Story: NextGen, a sequel to Real Life Story. The album includes Walter Beasley, George Duke, Lawrence Fields, Ray Fuller, Everette Harp, Jimmy Haslip, Robert Irving III, Chuck Loeb, Christian McBride, Les McCann, Lori Perry, Greg Phillinganes, Patrice Rushen, Dwight Sills, Chris Walker, Kirk Whalum, Anthony Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and a special appearance by Sonny Carrington.
In 2011 The Mosaic Project, her fifth album and her first for Concord Jazz, was released. It won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Carrington's 2013 album, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue, included covers of songs by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach's 1962 album, Money Jungle, and won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. She is the first female musician to win a Grammy in this category.
Carrington's interdisciplinary work includes collaborations with visual artists Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, and choreographer Winifred R. Harris.
In October 2020, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced Carrington as one of four recipients of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships, celebrated in an online concert and show on 22 April 2021. Awarded in recognition of lifetime achievement, the honor is bestowed on individuals who have made significant contributions to the art form. The other 2021 recipients were Albert "Tootie" Heath, Phil Schaap, and Henry Threadgill.
September 2022 saw the publication of Carrington's book New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers and New Standards Vol. 1, an ambitious new endeavor created to uplift the voices of women composers. The 2022 album of 11 selections from the songbook featuring an all-star band and superb line-up of special guests. Carrington also released a children’s book, Three of a Kind - The Allen Carrington Spalding Trio, a non-fiction illustrated poem is about three women who became musical companions through their love of jazz.