Terri Lyne Carrington, the child prodigy of the 70's is The Woman of the 90's! A world renowned drummer, composer, producer and clinician, her versatility maintains her status in the industry as a person to watch! Born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1965 into a family steeped with talent, Terri developed a reputation jamming with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Les McCann, Joe Williams, Clark Terry and many, many more. A full scholarship at age 11 to Berklee College of Music gave her the opportunity to study harmony and composition also. While yet a student, she met and played with such people as Kevin Eubanks, Mike Stern, Branford Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Greg Osby and others. She also studied under the master drum instructor Alan Dawson and made a debut recording entitled, "TLC and Friends", with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, George Coleman and her dad, Sonny Carrington.

Throughout high school Terri traveled across the country doing clinics and workshops at schools and colleges. In 1983, encouraged by her mentor, Jack DeJohnette, she moved to New York and started working with Stan Getz, James Moody, Lester Bowie, Pharoah Sanders, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, David Sanborn and Wayne Shorter.

In 1989, Terri moved to Los Angeles where she became the house drummer for the "Arsenio Hall Show". She has also toured the globe with Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Herbie Hancock, Gerald Albright and Lalah Hathaway. She was nominated for a Grammy Award for her first release on Polygram, "Real Life Story" which featured Carlos Santana, Patrice Rushen, John Scofield, Grover Washington Jr., and more. 

Recently, she has concentrated her efforts on producing, songwriting and arranging with various artists including Gino Vannelli, Dianne Reeves, David Sanborn, Siedah Garrett and Danish Pop Singers Stig Rossen and Monique. Her latest production of Dianne Reeves new cd "That Day" hovered at the top of the charts for many months. Terri was also the house drummer on the late night TV show, "VIBE", hosted by Sinbad. 

In 1998, she recorded, along with Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Kathleen Battle and Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock's recent tribute to George Gershwin, "Gershwin's World". Also, Terri was one of four featured artists honoring Louie Bellson, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones and Max Roach at the American Drummers Achievement Awards hosted by Bill Cosby. 

  October 2000