Global Jazz Forum: Terri Lyne Carrington and Alan Pasqua
Terri Lyne Carrington B.M. ’83 ’03H, Zildjian chair in performance with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute
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Alan Pasqua
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Grammy-winning drummer and composer Terri Lyne Carrington B.M. ’83 ’03H and pianist, composer, and educator Alan Pasqua share their knowledge with students in this collaborative forum.
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 a music video for “So Good” from Carrington (featuring Jaguar Wright):
Alan Pasqua, a professor of jazz studies at the University of Southern California (USC), has worked with Jack DeJohnette ’90H, Paul Motian, Gary Burton ’62 ’89H, Michael Bublé, and Peter Erskine ’92H. He has recorded extensively with renowned pop, rock, and soul artists such as Santana, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, and Ry Cooder, and has worked with popular composers such as Quincy Jones ’51 ’83H, John Williams ’80H, Dave Grusin ’88H, Jerry Goldsmith ’90H, and Henry Mancini ’97H. Pasqua’s latest release, The Interlochen Concert (Fuzzy Music), finds Pasqua in a trio setting with Erskine and fellow USC educator Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewicz.
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.