Missy Elliott - 'The Rain' (Berklee Commencement Concert)
This tribute to Missy Elliott during the 2019 Berklee Commencement Concert features Dom Jones and Brayla Cook on lead vocals. Elliott was in attendance at the performance and received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music the following day for her contributions to the music industry.
Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science - 'Bells (Ring Loudly)'
This composition addresses racial profiling and police brutality. The performers are Terri Lyne Carrington, drums; Aaron Parks, piano; Matthew Stevens, guitar; Morgan Guerin, bass; Debo Ray, voice; and Kokayi, voice.
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Boston Globe: Jon Garelick’s Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2019
The Boston Globe listed Terri Lyne Carrington as their jazz artist of the year due to her groundbreaking work with the Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, and lauded her album with Social Science, Waiting Game. The album also made their list of the top 10 jazz records this year, alongside fellow Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice faculty member Kris Davis and Gary Burton Chair in Jazz Performance Joe Lovano.
NPR: 11 Jazz Songs That Spoke Truth to Power in 2019
NPR Music listed faculty member Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science's song "Bells (Ring Loudly)" as one of 11 songs that spoke truth to power in jazz this year.
New York Times: The Decade in Jazz
Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice helped define the decade in jazz.
NPR: Best Music Of 2019
Faculty member Kris Davis's album Diatom Ribbons made NPR's list of top albums for the year 2019; it was the only jazz album selected.
The New York Times: Best Jazz of 2019
The New York Times ranked faculty member Kris Davis's Diatom Ribbons as the top jazz album of 2019.
Billboard: Chartbreaker: Ingrid Andress Learned to Write Songs in Any Style before Her Country Breakthrough
The Berklee alumna enters the top 20 Country Airplay chart for the first time.
