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Terri Lyne Carrington Biography

Terri Lyne Carrington is one of the most popular and richest Drummer who was born on August 4, 1965 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Grammy award-winning jazz musician has performed with musicians such as Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer who has played with artists like Stan Getz, Wayne Shorter, and Joe Sample., Wayne Shorter as well as Joe Sample.

She has worked with jazz musician She has collaborated with jazz artist Dizzy Gillespie

Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is an American jazz drummer, composer, singer, record producer, educator, and entrepreneur. 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 1997 and 2007.

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 gained recognition on late-night TV as the house drummer for The Arsenio Hall Show, then again in the late 1990s as the drummer on the late night TV show VIBE hosted by Sinbad. In 1996 she collaborated with Peabo Bryson on “Always Reach for Your Dreams”, a song commissioned for the 1996 Olympic Games.

The mother of the child was a pianist , and her father was chairman of the Boston Jazz Society and was an Saxophonist.

NameTerri Lyne Carrington
First NameTerri
Last NameCarrington
OccupationDrummer
BirthdayAugust 4
Birth Year1965
Place of BirthMedford
Home TownMassachusetts
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignLeo
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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 .

Terri Lyne Carrington Net Worth

Terri Lyne Carrington is one of the richest Drummer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Terri Lyne Carrington's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She received her grandfather’s drum set when she was seven. She was also awarded an academic scholarship for Berklee College of Music when she was 11 years old.

She was the drummer in residence on the She was the house drummer for The Arsenio Hall Show. Show.

Carrington was born on August 4, 1965 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States, into a musical family: her mother played piano as a hobby and her father was a saxophonist and president of the Boston Jazz Society. At the age of seven, Carrington was given a set of drums that had belonged to her grandfather, Matt Carrington, who had played with Fats Waller and Chu Berry. 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. When she was 12 years old she was profiled on the PBS kids’ biography program Rebop.

Net Worth$5 Million
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Source of IncomeDrummer
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HouseLiving in own house.

After a 20-year hiatus from U.S. recording, Carrington released the 2009 album 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, which included Shea Rose, 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. She is the first female musician to win a Grammy in this category.

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As a recording artist, in 1988 Carrington started concentrating her efforts on writing and producing her own works, resulting in Real Life Story, her 1989 Grammy-nominated debut album with Gerald Albright, Hiram Bullock, Greg Osby, Dianne Reeves, Patrice Rushen, Carlos Santana, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, and Grover Washington Jr.; Jazz is a Spirit, her 2002 European album with Terence Blanchard, Kevin Eubanks. Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, and Gary Thomas; and Structure, her 2004 European album with Greg Osby, Jimmy Haslip, and Adam Rogers.

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In summer 2011, she appeared with Wayne Shorter, John 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).

Facts & Trivia

Terri Ranked on the list of most popular Drummer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Terri Lyne Carrington celebrates birthday on August 4 of every year.

What was Terri Lyne Carrington famous for?

She won Grammy Awards for both albums, including Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Money Jungle, the first woman to win in this category. In 2019, she continued her experiments in genre-blending with a political undercurrent on Waiting Game, a triple-crown winner of the Downbeat Critics polls.

Where is Terri Lyne Carrington?

She’s the founder and serves as the artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice in Boston, and as the artistic director for the Carr Center in Detroit.

Where does Terri Lyne Carrington teach?

A local treasure, Carrington was born in Medford, MA, studied and now teaches at Berklee, and is Artistic Director of Boston’s Beantown Jazz Festival.

How old is Terri Lyne Carrington?

56 years (August 4, 1965)

Where was Terri Lyne Carrington born?

Medford, MA

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