Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science- Livestream & Masterclasses produced by the Vermont Jazz Center, May 23-24, 2020

Terri Lyne Carrington, drums; Aaron Parks, piano/keys; Matt Stevens, guitar; Morgan Guerin, saxophone and bass; Kassa Overall and Debo Ray, vocals

Livestream Jazz Event including Masterclasses

Concert & Panel Discussion – Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 8:00 pm, Three Masterclasses – Sunday, May 24th from 2:00 – 5:00 pm

Access to the Event – online at www.vtjazz.org

Cost – Free and Open to the public, donations gratefully accepted

Terri Lyne Carrington is one of the top drummers in the world – she toured with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, earned 3 Grammy Awards as band leader, and founded and directs of the Berklee School of Music’s Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.

Saturday, May 23, 8 pm- The first hour will be a debut presentation of three videos of tunes from their recent recording.

The second hour will begin with two open, improvised pieces. This reflects the second portion of their album: a four part, freely improvised suite called “Dreams and Desperate Measures.”

Sunday May 24th, 2-5 pm- The group presents three, separate masterclasses followed by 15 minutes of Q and A typed in by viewers.

2:00-2:45 pm – Terri Lyne Carrington and Kassa Overall
“Rhythm, Textures and Space with Drums and Electronics”

3:00-3:45 pm – Aaron Parks and Debo Ray
“Intention and Communication”

4:00-4:45 pm – Matthew Stevens and Morgan Guerin
“Collaboration: Becoming greater than the sum of our parts”

The Jazz Center is grateful to Dave Snyder of Guilford Sound Studio for his support, to web technician Johnny DiGeorge of Good Bear Productions and videographer Michael Hanish for their parts investigating options and bringing this production to life.

Publicity underwritten by The Commons, The Brattleboro Reformer, WVPR, WVEW, WNPR, NEPR and WFCR.