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This article was originally published by JazzTimes.com and written by Morgan Enos. To read more about Terry and the complete article, go to this article and follow links to additional stories: HERE
Drummer extraordinaire Terri Lyne Carrington’s new multimedia project, New Standards, is getting as much press coverage as one could hope for regarding a jazz offering in 2022. Everyone from NPR to The New York Times has praised Carrington’s efforts to broaden male-dominated sheet-music repertoire by including women composers. But with that came a risk: that the mere existence of a book called New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers would attract more interest than its contents.
Which brings us to new STANDARDS vol. 1, the first in a promised series covering all 101 composers. Do the compositions and performances therein live up to the hype? Absolutely.
Carrington is flanked by a core group of pianist Kris Davis, bassist Linda May Han Oh, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, and guitarist Matthew Stevens, with high-profile guests from Ambrose Akinmusire to Samara Joy popping up throughout. The composers represented include Carla Bley, Abbey Lincoln, Brandee Younger, and Marta Sanchez. But aside from name recognition, the most crucial element here is that the compositions are fantastic. Sara Cassey’s lovely opener “Wind Flower” dips, sparkles, and sways. Patricia Zárate-Pérez’s “Continental Cliff” is pensive and philosophical. Bley’s “Two Hearts (Lawns)” is an emotional apogee, with rising star Joy nodding to the lineage of women geniuses with a rich and evocative vocal performance.
