Terri Lyne Carrington

NEA Jazz Master and four time Grammy award-winner, Terri Lyne Carrington has firmly established herself as one of this era’s preeminent jazz drummers, while continually reinventing herself by challenging the form and advancing her unabated development of artistic expression as a response to the moment.

While still in her 20’s, Ms. Carrington toured extensively with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, among others. And in 2013 she released, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue, which earned a GRAMMY®Award, establishing her as the first woman ever to win in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category.

To date Ms. Carrington has performed on over 100 recordings and has been a role model and advocate for young women and men internationally. She was granted The Doris Duke Artist Award, a prestigious acknowledgment in recognition of her past and ongoing contributions to jazz music and has received honorary doctorates from Manhattan School of Music, York University, Tufts University and Berklee College of Music, where she currently serves as the Founder and Artistic Director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.

Carrington has authored two books; Three of a Kind, a children’s book centered on the making of the Allen Carrington Spalding trio, and the seminal collection, New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets By Women Composers.