Artist: Teri Lyne Carrington


Terri Lyne Carrington is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy GillespieStan GetzClark TerryHerbie HancockWayne ShorterJoe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets, and many others.

She toured with each of Hancock's musical configurations (from electric to acoustic) between 1997 and 2007. 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. 

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 EubanksDonald Harrison, and Greg Osby. She also studied under drum instructor Alan Dawson and made a private recording entitled TLC and Friends, with Kenny BarronBuster Williams, George Coleman and her father. 

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 ShorterJohn 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). 

In 1989, she released Real Life Story, her Grammy-nominated debut album with Gerald Albright, Hiram Bullock, Greg OsbyDianne ReevesPatrice Rushen, Carlos Santana, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, and Grover Washington Jr. In 2002, she released Jazz Is a Spirit, with Terence BlanchardKevin EubanksHerbie HancockWallace Roney, and Gary Thomas; and Structure, her 2004 European album with Greg OsbyJimmy 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.

Further information about Teri Lyne Carrington is found at TerriLyneCarrington.com.

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