Terri lyne carrington biography of albert
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Terri Lyne Carrington is the definition of Black Girl Magic.
NEW YORK — Terri Lyne Carrington is just 11 years old and hanging backstage at a concert hall with her friend “Ella” — that’s Ella Fitzgerald to us mere mortals — and the jazz legend wants to introduce her to jazz virtuoso Oscar Peterson, who had just finished performing.
“Ella Fitzgerald says, ‘You need to hear her,’” Carrington, now 55, recalls. “She was just somebody who would encourage me and hang out with me. She was shy, and I was disarming because I was a kid. She took a liking to me.”
So Peterson invites the young drummer to perform alongside him before the audience escapes. They jam onstage, impressing the crowd. One attendee — the then-President of Berklee College of Music — was so wowed he offered Carrington a scholarship to the exceptional music school.
“It was really because Oscar let me play but (also) because Ella introduced me to him and told him, basically, he should hear me," she said.
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Albert Heath
American drummer (–)
Musical artist
Albert "Tootie" Heath (May 31, – April 3, ) was an American jazzhard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassistPercy Heath.[1] With Stanley Cowell, the Heaths formed the Heath Brothers jazz band in
Life and career
[edit]Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on May 31 ,[2] he first recorded in with John Coltrane.[3] From to , he worked with, among others, J. J. Johnson, Wes Montgomery, Art Farmer and Benny Golson's Jazztet, Cedar Walton, Bobby Timmons, Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Friedrich Gulda, Nina Simone, and Yusef Lateef.[2] In , he, Jimmy and Percy formed the Heath Brothers.[2] He remained with the group until , then left to freelance.[2] He recorded extensively throughout his career.
Among his many workshop and classroom teaching assignments, Heath was a reg
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Terri Lyne Carrington
American drummer (born )
Terri Lyne Carrington | |
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| Born | () August 4, (age&#;59) Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, educator |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Concord Jazz, E1, film Arts, Verve Forecast, ACT, GrooveJazz Media |
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| Education | Berklee College of Music |
Musical artist
Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, ) 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 and
In she was appointed professor at her alma mater, Berklee College of Music, where she received an honorary doctorate in She has won three Grammy Awards, including a award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, which established h