Official Release! Terri Lyne Carrington's Video "Unconditional Love"

Featuring Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Geri Allen and Tineke Postma 

Terri Lyne Carrington's "The Mosaic Project" nominated for the 

2012 GRAMMY® for Best Jazz Vocal Album

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Terri Lyne Carrington's Live Performance Of "Mosaic Triad" From Tokyo Jazz Festival [Video]

Terri Lyne Carrington - The Mosaic Project "These are my friends, mostly old friends, and some new friends...and this is a mosaic of colors, shapes and textures, making a picture that I hope is informative and enjoyable to our fans." - Terri Lyne Carrington

This videotaped performance of Mosaic Triad - Part 1 is from the 2010 Tokyo Jazz Festival. The featured musicians are drummer - Terri Lyne Carrington, bassist - Esperanza Spalding, trumpeter - Ingrid Jensen, pianist - Helen Sung and saxophonist - Tineke Postma. Enjoy! 

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"I Got Lost in His Arms" - 1st Single from Terri Lyne Carrington's The Mosaic Project (video)

This great sounding album was released today (19 July 2011) in the US. Here's the video to the first single I Got Lost in His Arms featuring Gretchen Parlato, Esperanza Spalding, Ingrid Jensen, Helen Sung, Linda Taylor, Tineke Postma and Patrice Rushen . Enjoy!

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JAM 2010: 156 Artists for a New Jazz Experience (Part XII)

Good morning! This is the final installment of "JAM (Jazz Appreciation Month) 2010: 156 Artists for a New Jazz Experience".

I know that many of you have enjoyed the series based on the email and tweets on Twitter that I've received over the past two weeks. It was my pleasure and honor to pull it together for everyone. I'm already working on a different list of artists for JAM 2011!

I am ending this week with information about artists such as saxophonists Tineke Postma, Walter Beasley and Wayne Escoffery; percussionist Tito Puente, Jr.; trombonists Trombone Shorty, Vincent Gardner and Wycliffe Gordon; trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and others.

Enjoy ~

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