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Drummer/Producer Terri Lyne Carrington Creates A Brilliant Jazz Picture From Many Fascinating Pieces.
The Mosaic Project assembles an all-female cast that includes Esperanza Spalding, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson, Nona Hendryx and many others.
For more than two decades, drummer, producer and vocalist Terri Lyne Carrington has crafted an eclectic brand of jazz that incorporates elements of bebop, soul, funk and much more. Since her debut in 1989, the GRAMMY-nominated artist has established a reputation for assembling artists of varying styles and perspectives to create music that adheres to the traditions of jazz yet speaks to a much broader and more diverse audience.
Carrington brings this same diverse sensibility to her new recording The Mosaic Project, an album that once again gathers a myriad of voices and crystallizes them into a multi-faceted whole that far outweighs the sum of its parts. The Mosaic Project, Carrington's fifth album overall and her first on Concord Jazz, is scheduled for release on July 19, 2011.
"Everything about this recording is about making a larger picture out of many various elements," says Carrington, who produced the 14-song set. "I assembled several friends -- most of whom I've performed with in the past, and all of whom bring their own individual story -- to help me create the big picture. For as talented as each of them are as individuals, when I put them all together, I have a much greater musical story -- one that can be told in an interesting and compelling way."
Included on that list of friends are some of the most prominent female jazz artists of the last few decades: Esperanza Spalding, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sheila E., Nona Hendryx, Cassandra Wilson, Geri Allen and several others. Carrington says the emergence of so many great female jazz artists is what finally makes an album like The Mosaic Project possible, more so now than in decades past.
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turnerwarehouse 5 days ago
@MoveOnDotOrgg Agreed !!! :0)
e14212 2 weeks ago
@TheAnnafisher: testosterone is a gift of divinity. Estrogen is the sign of the Devil, lol.
MoveOnDotOrgg 3 weeks ago
I looove Gretchen Parlato! I agree with the poster a few below, it is nice to see Patrice Rushen on this project! I heard this on the new urban jazz show on our local station KBBG 88.1!
dymond06 3 weeks ago
Oh I so love this CD. Every song is such an inspiration and the fact that the whole CD is female energy says it all. Truly a timeless CD that I will enjoy forever....Thank you Terri Lyne Carrington for your insight to manifest a wonderful project.
pantwine 1 month ago
I first heard this tune on Jazz FM 91. Very nice! Love the horns. Nice to see Patrice Rushen is still performing too.
RFranklinCarter 1 month ago
Very nice song..love it
dennisvolfan 1 month ago
SÅ JÄVLA BRA!
kungmat 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
GO WOMEN, since WHEN was TESTOSTERONE EVER a TALENT?!?
TheAnnafisher 4 months ago 2
Just gorgeous!
Gayedoreen 4 months ago