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Jazz Is a Spirit
Terri Lyne Carrington
Jazz Is a Spirit
Genres: Jazz, Pop, R&B
 
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In the 1980s, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington was the darling of the so-called young lions generation of jazz musicians. She gigged with everybody from Woody Shaw and Wayne Shorter to Greg Osby. But after the release of her...  more »

     
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All Artists: Terri Lyne Carrington
Title: Jazz Is a Spirit
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Label: Act Music
Original Release Date: 1/1/2001
Re-Release Date: 10/15/2002
Genres: Jazz, Pop, R&B
Styles: Bebop, Easy Listening, Funk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 614427940827

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In the 1980s, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington was the darling of the so-called young lions generation of jazz musicians. She gigged with everybody from Woody Shaw and Wayne Shorter to Greg Osby. But after the release of her 1989 Grammy-nominated debut, Real Life Story, and her short stint on the Arsenio Hall Show, it's been more than a decade since she released her long-awaited follow-up. This CD is well worth the wait. Carrington is joined by a number of jazz greats--pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Gary Thomas, guitarists Kevin Eubanks and Paul Bollenback, and trumpeters Wallace Roney and Terence Blanchard. Stylistically, Carrington's drumming is a brilliant blend of Tony Williams's power, Billy Higgins's finesse, and Elvin Jones's African syncopations. She knows that she does not need to blow everybody away with loud solos, so she leads by driving her band mates. She wrote most of the music, which has a '60s, Miles Davis feel. "Jazz Is" is a spectral opus featuring actor Malcolm Jamal Warner on spoken word and bass. "Lost Star" swings with a Live at the Plugged Nickel vibe, while her take on Wayne Shorter's classic "Witch Hunt" is a melodically recombinant version for this century. The most evocative pieces are the Afro-Eurasian tinged "Journey of Now" and "Mr. Jo Jones," a deathbed interview with the legendary drummer Philly Joe Jones passing his advice and his torch to Carrington while she "talks" to him with her poetic and polyrhythmic drumming. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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Would be 4 1/2 stars if that rating were available
Jan P. Dennis | Monument, CO USA | 12/12/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"It's wonderful to hear from Terri Lyne Carrington after more than a decade of silence from her as a leader. In this basically modernistic set of post-bop, hard-bop, and blues-tinged numbers drummer and leader Carrington proves adept at a number of moves: complete mastery of her kit, composition, arranging, producing, and as an effective leader of some high-powered musical personalities such as Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, and Gary Thomas.As regards observations that it sounds like as 70s Blue Note Recording, one is tempted to say, What's wrong with that? and, What did you expect? given the personnel, which reads almost like a catalog of 70s Blue Note Artists. But to my ears, there's not a bit of nostalgia going on here. Just hip, modern jazz of the highest order. 1/2 star off for Angela Davis's gassy, PC liner notes, and for a couple self-indulgent drum solos."