Jul 21, 2020

Terri Lyne Carrington, founder and artistic director of the
Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, made history this month as the first woman instrumentalist to win best jazz artist in the
DownBeat Critics Poll. Carrington’s band Social Science, which features alumni vocalist Debo Ray ’13 and guitarist Matthew Stevens B.M. ’04, was voted best jazz group, and their 2019 release, Waiting Game, was named the year’s top album.
Be on the lookout for Tim’s upcoming interview in the Patriot Ledger!