Terri Lyne Carrington

Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy 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.

Terri Lyne Carrington
Background information
Born (1965-08-04) August 4, 1965
Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
GenresJazz, R&B
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, educator
Instrument(s)Drums
Years active1983–present
LabelsConcord Jazz, E1, Video Arts, Verve Forecast, ACT, GrooveJazz Media
Websitewww.terrilynecarrington.com
EducationBerklee College of Music
Carrington at the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival

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 three Grammy 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 for The Recording Academy, board of directors for International Society for Jazz Arrangers and Composers and the advisory board for The History Makers and New Music USA.[2]

Early years

Carrington was born on August 4, 1965,[3] in Medford, 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.[4] At the age of seven, Carrington was given a set of drums that had belonged to her grandfather, Matt Carrington, who had played with Fats Waller and Chu Berry. After studying privately for three years, she gave her first major performance at the Wichita Jazz Festival with Clark Terry. At the age of 11, she received a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music.

At Berklee College of Music she played with musicians such as Kevin Eubanks, Donald Harrison, and Greg Osby. She also studied under drum instructor Alan Dawson and made a private recording entitled TLC and Friends, with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, George Coleman and her father.

Music career

Carrington and Herbie Hancock

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).[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

September 2022 saw the publication of Carrington's book New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers and her album New Standards Vol. 1, an ambitious new endeavor created to uplift the voices of women composers.[9][10] The 2022 album of 11 selections from the songbook features an all-star band plus a dozen special guests.[9] 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.[11][12]

Awards and honors

Year Event Work Award Result
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's Beautiful Life (produced by Carrington) Best Jazz Vocal Album Won
2018 The Jazz Gallery Founders Award Won
2018 Jazz Congress Bruce Lundvall Visionary 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[13] New Standards Vol. 1 (with Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, and Matthew Stevens) Best Jazz Instrumental Album Won
Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (with Wayne Shorter, Leo Genovese, and Esperanza Spalding) Best Jazz Instrumental Album Nominated

Discography

As leader or co-leader

As sidewoman

Release Leading artist Album Label
1985Rufus Reid TrioSeven MindsSunnyside
1986Nancy HarrowYou're NearerTono Records
1986Mulgrew MillerWork!Landmark
1986Scott RobinsonWinds of ChangeMultiJazz
1987Greg OsbyGreg Osby and Sound TheatreJMT
1987Michele RosewomanQuintessenceEnja
1988Niels Lan DokyThe Truth - Live at MontmartreStoryville
1988John ScofieldFlat OutGramavision
1988Wayne ShorterJoy RyderColumbia
1988Cassandra WilsonBlue SkiesJMT
1989Niels Lan DokyDaybreakStoryville
1989Robin EubanksDifferent PerspectivesJMT
1990Eric MarienthalCrossroadsGRP
1990John PatitucciSketchbookGRP
1991Dianne ReevesI RememberBlue Note
1992David BenoitLetter to EvanGRP
1992Mitchel FormanWhat Else?RCA
1992Gary ThomasTill We Have FacesJMT
1992Gust William TsilisHeritageKen
1993John BeasleyChange of HeartWindham Hill
1993Dianne ReevesArt & SurvivalEMI
1993Nino TempoNinoAtlantic Jazz
1993Gary ThomasExile's GateJMT
1994Gabrielle GoodmanUntil We LoveJMT
1994KlymaxxOne DayEighteen Sixty Three EP Wrekudz
1994Dianne ReevesQuiet After the StormBlue Note
1994Patrice RushenAnything but OrdinarySindrome
1995Paul BollenbackOriginal VisionsChallenge
1995, 1997Doky BrothersDoky Brothers, Vol. 1 & 2Blue Note
1995James MoodyMoody's Birthday Celebration: Live at the Blue NoteWarner
1995Wayne ShorterHigh LifeVerve
1995Nino TempoLive at CicadaAtlantic
1996Stan GetzHis Last Recording / In ConcertLoft
1996Cæcilie NorbyMy Corner of the SkyBlue Note
1996Danilo PerezPanaMonkImpulse!
1996Michael Wolff Trio2 AMCabana Boy
1996Rachel ZRoom of One's Own
1997James MoodyMoody Plays ManciniWarner
1997Dianne ReevesThat DayBlue Note
1998Herbie HancockGershwin's WorldVerve
1998Niels Lan DokyNiels Lan DokyVerve Forecast
1998Mulgrew MillerChapters 1 and 232 Jazz
2000Paul BollenbackDouble VisionChallenge
2000Greg OsbyThe Invisible HandBlue Note
2000Diane SchuurFriends for SchuurConcord Jazz
2002Herbie HancockThe Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock (DVD)Image Entertainment
2002Herbie HancockFuture 2 Future - Live (DVD)Columbia
2002Nguyên LêPurple – Celebrating Jimi HendrixACT
2003Wayne ShorterAlegríaVerve
2003Cassandra WilsonGlamouredBlue Note
2004Diana KrallThe Girl in the Other RoomVerve
2005Rita CoolidgeAnd So Is LovePaddle Wheel
2006Tineke PostmaFor the RhythmMunich
2006George DukeIn a Mellow ToneBPM
2006Grace KellyEvery Road I Walked
2007Tineke PostmaA Journey That MattersForeign Media Jazz
2009Grace KellyMood Changes
2009Teena MarieCongo SquareStax
2009Tineke PostmaThe TravellerEtcetera
2009Mike SternBig NeighborhoodHeads Up
2010Esperanza SpaldingChamber Music SocietyHeads Up
2010Nona HendryxMutatis MutandisRighteous Babe
2012Jazz Soul SevenImpressions of Curtis MayfieldBFM Jazz
2012Esperanza SpaldingRadio Music SocietyHeads Up
2013Dianne ReevesBeautiful LifeConcord
2015Franco AmbrosettiAfter the RainEnja
2016Grégoire MaretWanted SunnysideSunnyside
2018Tia FullerDiamond CutMack Avenue
2018Lewis Porter (Trio with John Patitucci)Beauty & MysteryAltrisuoni
2018Kenny WernerChurch on MarsNewvelle
2020Tim RayExcursions and AdventuresWhaling City Sound
2022Wayne ShorterLive at the Detroit Jazz FestivalCandid

References

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