Renowned Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Album, “Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue” is Coming Feb. 5th, 2013
Boston,
MA, Jan. 15, 2013 – Renowned drummer, composer, producer, and Berklee
professor Terri Lyne Carrington presents her new album Money Jungle:
Provocative in Blue. The album — to be released the week of the concert —
is the follow up to her Grammy Award-winning album The Mosaic Project.
The release of Carrington’s new album coincides with the 50th
anniversary of Money Jungle, a pivotal 1963 trio recording by Duke
Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. Carrington wrote all new
arrangements of Ellington’s music for the album, which also includes two
of her original compositions. At the concert, Carrington will perform
with a trio and larger ensembles with Berklee students and guest pianist
Gerald Clayton, who is featured on the album.
Terri Lyne
Carrington’s Money Jungle is part of Berklee’s Signature Music Series.
It takes place on Thursday, February 14, 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee
Performance Center (BPC), 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Tickets are
reserve seating, $8, $16 (advance) and $12, $20 (day of show). Purchase
tickets at berkleebpc.com, by calling 617-747-2261, or visit the BPC Box
Office. The venue is wheelchair-accessible.
Terri Lyne
Carrington was born in Medford, Massachusetts. A child prodigy, she
began her Berklee studies at the age of 13 and was touring with legends
like Clark Terry by her late teens. After an extensive touring career of
over 20 years with icons like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Al
Jarreau, Stan Getz, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, and others, she
returned to her alma mater and was appointed professor and artistic
director of the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival. She also received an
honorary doctor of music from Berklee in 2003.
Millions saw her
on TV as the house drummer on the Arsenio Hall Show, and on Quincy
Jones’s VIBE, hosted by Sinbad. Her Grammy nominated debut album Real
Life Story (1989) featured Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, and others.
After a hiatus from U.S. recording, she released 2009’s More to Say …
Real Life Story: NextGen, the sequel to her debut album. The Mosaic
Project, her first album on Concord Jazz, which featured a number of
prominent female artists like Esperanza Spalding, Nona Hendryx, and Geri
Allen, was released in 2011. It won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Jazz
Vocal Album.