Terri Lyne Carrington addresses women s omission from jazz canon with New Standards kclu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kclu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The best-known book of jazz standards contains 399 pieces written by men and just one by a woman. With the all-female New Standards, the pioneering drummer-bandleader is undoing the idea of jazz as a boys’ club
The jazz drummer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington’s latest project is “New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers,” a book due Friday, and an album featuring 11 of its selections.