‘The Jazz at the Fort’ feat. Terri Lyne Carrington | Aug. 2nd, 2009

Berklee
College of Music and ParkARTS present music outdoors in Roxbury’s
historic Fort Hill neighborhood with the Terri Lyne Carrington Group
and opener the Berklee City Music All-Stars.

The annual Jazz
at the Fort concert is free and will be held on Sunday, August 2, at
5:00 p.m., at the four-acre Highland Park on Fort Avenue, Roxbury, MA.
Rain date is August 9. Folding chairs, blankets, and picnics are
encouraged.

Jazz at the Fort is accessible from the MBTA’s
Orange Line Roxbury Crossing stop. Walk down Columbus Avenue to Cedar
Street to Fort Avenue. Roxbury Community College provides parking on
the corner of Columbus Avenue and Cedar Street. Highland Park is
wheelchair accessible. For information call 617-747-2447, or click
Berklee.edu/events.

Drummer/composer/producer Terri Lyne
Carrington will spotlight selections from her new CD, More To Say, an
album that features her vocals and a range of musical styles: funk,
r&b, neo-soul, Latin, and classic jazz. Carrington executive
produced, arranged, and wrote or co-wrote most of the 15 tracks.
Joining her on disc are an all-star cast of jazz musicians, including
George Duke, Patrice Rushen, Jimmy Haslip, Christian McBride, Danilo
Perez, and Walter Beasley, and vocalists Nancy Wilson and Les McCann.
The CD also features Carrington’s saxophone-blowing father, Sonny, on
her original “Papa San.”

Opening will be the Berklee City Music
All-Stars, an ensemble comprised of scholarship students from Boston’s
urban neighborhoods. The group will perform a mix of standards,
contemporary jazz, and Latin music. In April, the All-Stars performed
in New York City at an event hosted by Quincy Jones to promote national
music education for youth.