Joshua Kosman March 16, 2021Updated: March 25, 2021, 11:41 am
Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington will be honored as a 2021 NEA Jazz Master on April 22 in a virtual ceremony. Photo: Tracy Love
Four giants of contemporary jazz drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Albert “Tootie” Heath, composer and saxophonist Henry Threadgill, and historian Phil Schaap will be honored as part of the 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, scheduled to be presented online by SFJazz and the NEA next month.
The free webcast is slated to be presented at 5 p.m. April 22, via the SFJazz website at www.sfjazz.org. The virtual event will be hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater, herself a 2017 winner of the award, and “Da 5 Bloods” actor Delroy Lindo, an Oakland resident.
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Composer and bandleader Maria Schneider accepts a Grammy Award in Los Angeles in 2014. On Sunday she won two more, for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
The Grammy Premiere Ceremony the pre-telecast ritual where most of the Grammy Awards are actually announced took place virtually this year, like so many other recent events of its kind.
Despite those restrictions, there was room for a performance by
Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science, whose
Waiting Game was up for Best Instrumental Jazz Album. Social Science didn t end up winning, but their version of Trapped in the American Dream, with Kassa Overall and Debo Ray on vocals, delivered a jolt of conscience.
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Seventeen Louisiana acts set to shine at Grammy Awards
Louisiana’s deep and diverse musical heritage will once again be on display Sunday night with the 63rd annual Grammy Awards presentation. A total of 17 Louisiana acts are nominated for 23 awards, representing musical genres from jazz and blues to Cajun, rap and gospel.
With pandemic precautions still in place, this year’s prime-time awards show from Los Angeles will be largely a virtual event. The show will be broadcast live from the Staples Center with no audience members in attendance, and most nominees will participate in the awards show via online connections. The broadcast is scheduled for 7 p.m. on CBS, with Trevor Noah of