NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse

Championed in her youth by the likes of Art Blakey, Jack DeJohnette and Buddy Rich, Carrington has risen to become a major instrumental and compositional figure, having collaborated with a who’s-who of jazz royalty, including long-term associations with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Esperanza Spalding.  

Terri Lyne Carrington’s music tackles subjects of racism, homophobia, gender equality, mass incarceration, and police brutality.

Terri Lyne Carrington