Terri Wells - Just Like Dreamin' - VINYL LP

Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science - Matthew Stevens, Aaron Parks, and Morgan Guerin - delivers their sophomore project, Trip the Night Fantastic, on Candid Records. GRAMMY nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for their 2019 , Waiting Game, this acclaimed collective returns - boasting an illustrious roll call of emcees, spoken word artists, and instrumentalists - this time exploring systemic and contemporary themes that demand our attention, call us to action, and add stunning breadth to the time-honored tradition of amalgamating art and activism. Women's empowerment, climate change, immigration, gender justice, body autonomy, community building, and animal rights are all elucidated with a freshness, depth, and creative brilliance that can only be birthed from someone whose creative core is rooted in empathy and humanity.Featured throughout this new recording are vocalists Ledisi, Arooj Aftab, Michael Mayo, Miki Howard, Fatoumata Diawara, Debo Ray, Christie Dashiell, Lizz Wright, Vuyo Sotashe, Safa, Imani Rousselle, and Ian Michael; instrumentalists Brandee Younger, Marc Ribot, Larry Goldings, Rashaan Carter, Simon Moullier, Riley G, and Brenda Navarrete; emcees Nappy Nina, Kokayi, Kassa Overall, and Khemist; and spoken word artists J. Ivy, Aja Monet, Tarriona 'Tank' Ball, and Moor Mother.

For the 2018 opening celebration of the Berklee Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice, Terri Lyne Carrington asked her students to select and perform songs from the famed jazz Real Book - a compilation of lead sheets or scores of jazz standards - written by women composers.  When she released there was only one in the entire book, Carrington, a Grammy Award winning virtuoso jazz drummer, composer, inter-disciplinary artist, activist and educator, who has worked tirelessly over the last decade to advocate for inclusivity and raise the voice of women, trans and non-binary people in jazz, set out to shift the narrative. Over the next several years, Carrington assembled New Standards (Hal Leonard Sept 2022) a book of the 101 jazz compositions written by women.  new STANDARDS Vol. 1 captures 11 of these compositions. Produced by Terri Lyne Carrington and Matthew Stevens, this album is only InchVol. 1Inch. Carrington's goal is to record all 101 pieces from the new songbook that she's created

Vinyl LP pressing. Carrington's very first session, TLC & Friends features an epic and enviable lineup of collaborators, including Kenny Barron on piano, George Coleman on saxophone, and Buster Williams on bass. Her father Sonny Carrington also contributes saxophone to the Sonny Rollins classic InchSonnymoon for Two.Inch The album masterfully showcases Carrington's artistry as a drummer and composer, highlighted by the standout original track InchLa Bonita,Inch a refreshing interpretation of Billy Joel's beloved composition, InchJust The Way You Are,Inch alongside scorching renditions of standards like InchSeven Steps To Heaven,Inch and InchWhat Is This Thing Called Love.Inch