Terri Lyne Carrington(born August 4, 1965) is an Americanjazzdrummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played withDizzy Gillespie,Stan Getz,Clark Terry,Herbie Hancock,Wayne Shorter,Joe Sample,Al Jarreau,Yellowjackets,and many others. She toured with each of Hancock's musical configurations (from electric to acoustic) between 1997 and 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Born | August 4, 1965 Medford, Massachusetts,U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz,R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, educator |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Concord Jazz,E1, Video Arts,Verve Forecast,ACT,GrooveJazz Media |
| Website | www |
| Education | Berklee College of Music |
In 2007 she was appointed professor at her alma mater,Berklee College of Music,where she received an honorary doctorate in 2003. She has won threeGrammy Awards,including a 2013 award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, which established her as the first female musician to win a Grammy in this category.[1]
Carrington serves as founder and artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and The Carr Center in Detroit, Michigan. She also serves on the board of trustees forThe Recording Academy,board of directors for International Society for Jazz Arrangers and Composers and the advisory board forThe History MakersandNew Music USA.[2]
Carrington is also a weekly host ofFuture Flavors with Terri Lyne Carrington,a one-hour show onSiriusXM's Real Jazz (channel 67).[3]
Early years
editCarrington was born on August 4, 1965,[4]inMedford, Massachusetts,United States, into a musical family: her mother played piano as a hobby and her father was a saxophonist and president of the Boston Jazz Society.[5]At the age of seven, Carrington was given a set ofdrumsthat had belonged to her grandfather, Matt Carrington, who had played withFats WallerandChu Berry.After studying privately for three years, she gave her first major performance at theWichita Jazz FestivalwithClark Terry.At the age of 11, she received a full scholarship toBerklee College of Music.
At Berklee College of Music she played with musicians such asKevin Eubanks,Donald Harrison,andGreg Osby.She also studied under drum instructor Alan Dawson and made a private recording entitledTLC and Friends,withKenny Barron,Buster Williams,George Colemanand her father.
Music career
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In 1983, encouraged by her mentor,Jack DeJohnette,Carrington moved to New York, where she worked withLester Bowie,Stan Getz,James Moody,David Sanborn,Pharoah Sanders,andCassandra Wilson.In the late 1980s Carrington moved to Los Angeles, where she was the house drummer forThe Arsenio Hall Showand later the drummer onQuincy Jones' late-night TV showVIBEhosted bySinbad.
As a bandleader, she has worked withGeri 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,andGary Thomas.
In summer 2011, she appeared withWayne Shorter,John Patitucci,Danilo Perezin South America. She was musical director of the Sing the Truth Tour withDianne Reeves,Lizz WrightandAngelique Kidjo(withRomero Lubambo,Geri Allen, James Genus, and Munyungo Jackson).[6]
As a recording artist, in 1988 Carrington started concentrating her efforts on writing and producing her own works, resulting inReal Life Story,her 1989Grammy-nominated debut album withGerald Albright,Hiram Bullock,Greg Osby,Dianne Reeves,Patrice Rushen,Carlos Santana,John Scofield,Wayne Shorter,andGrover Washington Jr.;Jazz Is a Spirit,her 2002 European album withTerence Blanchard,Kevin Eubanks.Herbie Hancock,Wallace Roney,and Gary Thomas; andStructure,her 2004 European album withGreg Osby,Jimmy Haslip,andAdam Rogers.
In 2009, Carrington releasedMore to Say... Real Life Story: NextGen,a sequel toReal Life Story.The album includesWalter 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 2011The Mosaic Project,her fifth album and her first forConcord Jazz,was released. It won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.[7]Carrington's 2013 album,Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue,included covers of songs byDuke Ellington,Charles Mingus,andMax 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.[8]
Carrington's interdisciplinary work includes collaborations with visual artistsMickalene Thomas,Carrie Mae Weems,and choreographer Winifred R. Harris.
In October 2020, theNational Endowment for the Arts(NEA) announced Carrington as one of four recipients of theNEA 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 wereAlbert "Tootie" Heath,Phil Schaap,andHenry Threadgill.[9]
September 2022 saw the publication of Carrington's bookNew Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composersand her albumNew Standards Vol. 1,an ambitious new endeavor created to uplift the voices of women composers.[10][11]The 2022 album of 11 selections from the songbook features an all-star band plus a dozen special guests.[10]Carrington also released a children’s book,Three of a Kind - The Allen Carrington Spalding Trio,a non-fiction illustrated poem about three women who became musical companions through their love of jazz.[12][13]
Awards and honors
edit| Year | Event | Work | Award | Result |
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| 1990 | 32nd Grammy Awards[1] | Real Life Story | Best Jazz Fusion Performance | Nominated |
| 1989 | Boston Music Award | Outstanding Percussionist | Won | |
| 1990 | Boston Music Award | Outstanding Drummer | Won | |
| 2003 | Berklee College of Music | Honorary Doctorate | ||
| 2012 | 54th Grammy Awards[1] | The Mosaic Project | Best Jazz Vocal Album | Won |
| 2014 | 56th Grammy Awards[1] | Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue | Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Won |
| 2015 | University of Pittsburgh | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
| 2015 | 57th Grammy Awards[1] | Dianne Reeves'sBeautiful Life(produced by Carrington) | Best Jazz Vocal Album | Won |
| 2018 | The Jazz Gallery | Founders Award | Won | |
| 2018 | Jazz Congress | Bruce LundvallVisionary Award | Won | |
| 2019 | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | Doris Duke Artist Award | Won | |
| 2020 | DownBeat Critics Poll | Jazz Artist | Won | |
| 2020 | DownBeat Critics Poll | Waiting Game | Jazz Album | Won |
| 2020 | DownBeat Critics Poll | Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science | Jazz Group | Won |
| 2020 | JJA Jazz Awards | Musician of the Year | Won | |
| 2020 | JJA Jazz Awards | Drummer of the Year | Won | |
| 2020 | Manhattan School of Music | Honorary Doctorate | ||
| 2021 | 63rd Annual Grammy Awards | Waiting Game(with Social Science) | Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Nominated |
| 2021 | JJA Jazz Awards | Musician of the Year | Won | |
| 2021 | JJA Jazz Awards | Drummer of the Year | Won | |
| 2022 | York University | Honorary Doctorate | ||
| 2023 | 65th Grammy Awards[14] | New Standards Vol. 1(withKris Davis,Linda May Han Oh,Nicholas Payton,andMatthew Stevens) | Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Won |
| Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival(withWayne Shorter,Leo Genovese,andEsperanza Spalding) | Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Nominated |
Discography
editAs leader or co-leader
edit- TLC and Friends(CEI, 1981)[15]
- Real Life Story(Verve Forecast,1989)
- Jazz Is a Spirit(ACT,2002)
- StructurewithAdam Rogers,Jimmy Haslip,Greg Osby(ACT, 2004)
- More to Say (Real Life Story: NextGen.)(E1 Entertainment,2009)
- The Mosaic Project(Concord Jazz,2011)
- Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue(Concord Jazz, 2013)
- The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul(Concord/Universal, 2015)
- The Act Years(ACT, 2015) – compilation with selections fromJazz Is a Spirit,Structure,andNguyên Lê'sPurple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix
- Murray,Allen& Carrington Power Trio,Perfection(Motéma,2016)
- Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science,Waiting Game(Motéma, 2019)
- New Standards Vol. 1(Candid,2022)
As sidewoman
edit| Release | Leading artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Rufus ReidTrio | Seven Minds | Sunnyside |
| 1986 | Nancy Harrow | You're Nearer | Tono Records |
| 1986 | Mulgrew Miller | Work! | Landmark |
| 1986 | Scott Robinson | Winds of Change | MultiJazz |
| 1987 | Greg Osby | Greg Osby and Sound Theatre | JMT |
| 1987 | Michele Rosewoman | Quintessence | Enja |
| 1988 | Niels Lan Doky | The Truth - Live at Montmartre | Storyville |
| 1988 | John Scofield | Flat Out | Gramavision |
| 1988 | Wayne Shorter | Joy Ryder | Columbia |
| 1988 | Cassandra Wilson | Blue Skies | JMT |
| 1989 | Niels Lan Doky | Daybreak | Storyville |
| 1989 | Robin Eubanks | Different Perspectives | JMT |
| 1990 | Eric Marienthal | Crossroads | GRP |
| 1990 | John Patitucci | Sketchbook | GRP |
| 1991 | Dianne Reeves | I Remember | Blue Note |
| 1992 | David Benoit | Letter to Evan | GRP |
| 1992 | Mitchel Forman | What Else? | RCA |
| 1992 | Gary Thomas | Till We Have Faces | JMT |
| 1992 | Gust William Tsilis | Heritage | Ken |
| 1993 | John Beasley | Change of Heart | Windham Hill |
| 1993 | Dianne Reeves | Art & Survival | EMI |
| 1993 | Nino Tempo | Nino | Atlantic Jazz |
| 1993 | Gary Thomas | Exile's Gate | JMT |
| 1994 | Gabrielle Goodman | Until We Love | JMT |
| 1994 | Klymaxx | One Day | Eighteen Sixty Three EP Wrekudz |
| 1994 | Dianne Reeves | Quiet After the Storm | Blue Note |
| 1994 | Patrice Rushen | Anything but Ordinary | Sindrome |
| 1995 | Paul Bollenback | Original Visions | Challenge |
| 1995, 1997 | Doky Brothers | Doky Brothers, Vol. 1 & 2 | Blue Note |
| 1995 | James Moody | Moody's Birthday Celebration: Live at the Blue Note | Warner |
| 1995 | Wayne Shorter | High Life | Verve |
| 1995 | Nino Tempo | Live at Cicada | Atlantic |
| 1996 | Stan Getz | His Last Recording / In Concert | Loft |
| 1996 | Cæcilie Norby | My Corner of the Sky | Blue Note |
| 1996 | Danilo Perez | PanaMonk | Impulse! |
| 1996 | Michael WolffTrio | 2 AM | Cabana Boy |
| 1996 | Rachel Z | Room of One's Own | |
| 1997 | James Moody | Moody Plays Mancini | Warner |
| 1997 | Dianne Reeves | That Day | Blue Note |
| 1998 | Herbie Hancock | Gershwin's World | Verve |
| 1998 | Niels Lan Doky | Niels Lan Doky | Verve Forecast |
| 1998 | Mulgrew Miller | Chapters 1 and 2 | 32 Jazz |
| 2000 | Paul Bollenback | Double Vision | Challenge |
| 2000 | Greg Osby | The Invisible Hand | Blue Note |
| 2000 | Diane Schuur | Friends for Schuur | Concord Jazz |
| 2002 | Herbie Hancock | The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock(DVD) | Image Entertainment |
| 2002 | Herbie Hancock | Future 2 Future - Live(DVD) | Columbia |
| 2002 | Nguyên Lê | Purple – Celebrating Jimi Hendrix | ACT |
| 2003 | Wayne Shorter | Alegría | Verve |
| 2003 | Cassandra Wilson | Glamoured | Blue Note |
| 2004 | Diana Krall | The Girl in the Other Room | Verve |
| 2005 | Rita Coolidge | And So Is Love | Paddle Wheel |
| 2006 | Tineke Postma | For the Rhythm | Munich |
| 2006 | George Duke | In a Mellow Tone | BPM |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly | Every Road I Walked | |
| 2007 | Tineke Postma | A Journey That Matters | Foreign Media Jazz |
| 2009 | Grace Kelly | Mood Changes | |
| 2009 | Teena Marie | Congo Square | Stax |
| 2009 | Tineke Postma | The Traveller | Etcetera |
| 2009 | Mike Stern | Big Neighborhood | Heads Up |
| 2010 | Esperanza Spalding | Chamber Music Society | Heads Up |
| 2010 | Nona Hendryx | Mutatis Mutandis | Righteous Babe |
| 2012 | Jazz Soul Seven | Impressions of Curtis Mayfield | BFM Jazz |
| 2012 | Esperanza Spalding | Radio Music Society | Heads Up |
| 2013 | Dianne Reeves | Beautiful Life | Concord |
| 2015 | Franco Ambrosetti | After the Rain | Enja |
| 2016 | Grégoire Maret | Wanted Sunnyside | Sunnyside |
| 2018 | Tia Fuller | Diamond Cut | Mack Avenue |
| 2018 | Lewis Porter(Trio with John Patitucci) | Beauty & Mystery | Altrisuoni |
| 2018 | Kenny Werner | Church on Mars | Newvelle |
| 2020 | Tim Ray | Excursions and Adventures | Whaling City Sound |
| 2022 | Wayne Shorter | Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival | Candid |
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