Global Jazz Forum: Joe Lovano and Terri Lyne Carrington
Joe Lovano ’72 ’98H, Gary Burton chair in performance with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute
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Terri Lyne Carrington B.M. ’83 ’03H, Zildjian chair in performance with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute
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Two of the leading figures in jazz today, tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano ’72 ’98H and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington ’83 ’03H, come together to exchange expertise in this forum with students.
A leading jazz luminary, Joe Lovano is a Grammy-winning tenor saxophonist and Blue Note recording artist who serves as Gary Burton chair in performance with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Lovano has collaborated with a near-endless list of legendary musicians, including McCoy Tyner ’05H, Hank Jones ’05H, John Scofield ’73 ’97H, Branford Marsalis ’80 ’06H, and Jim Hall ’95H. He has been nominated for 14 Grammys, and won last year’s DownBeat Critics Poll Award for tenor saxophone.
Watch Lovano and students perform “Topsy Turvy”:
Terri Lyne Carrington is a renowned, three-time Grammy-winning drummer, composer, and bandleader who has toured with music luminaries such as Herbie Hancock ’86H, Wayne Shorter ’99H, Al Jarreau ’91H, Dianne Reeves ’03H, and Clark Terry ’88H. She is Zildjian chair in performance with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Carrington’s extensive recording career includes several albums released as bandleader, including The Mosaic Project, for which she won a Grammy for Best Vocal Jazz Album, and Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue, for which she won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album—becoming the first woman ever to win a Grammy in this category. Her recording credits include work with Carlos Santana, John Scofield ’73 ’97H, Terence Blanchard, George Duke, Nancy Wilson ’94H, Esperanza Spalding, and Geri Allen ’14H.
Watch Carrington and students perform her original, “Insomniac:”
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute is an honors performance program designed to foster creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines, with pianist and composer Danilo Pérez as its artistic director. The BGJI provides a comprehensive contemporary music environment in which students are given opportunities to explore their creativity to the highest level possible, advance the power of music as a tool for the betterment of society, and connect musical/creative thinking with the natural environment.