Cindy Blackman and Terri Lyne Carrington Peak the Drum Summit
Cindy Blackman, best known for her work with Lenny Kravitz, keeps the beat.
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J.D. Allen on tenor sax, bassist George Mitchell, David Gilmore, and Carlton Holmes on keys (not shown) round out Blackman's band.
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Cindy Blackman's acoustic bassist George Mitchell
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Berklee faculty guitarist and composer David Gilmore
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Terri Lyne Carrington has been playing the drums since she was 7 years old.
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Dutch saxophonist Tineka Postma and Boston-based trumpeter Jason Palmer provide the horns in Carrington's band.
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Grammy Award–winning pianist Patrice Rushen joins Carrington on stage.
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Carrington's band also features veteran jazz pianist and educator Geri Allen.
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Manami Morita, who has recorded for the Berklee student-run Jazz Revelation Records, leads her trio at Cafe 939.
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Jazz Revelation Records artists Evgeny Lebedev and Hyunwoo Han take the stage at Cafe 939.
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Wet weather and a flooded fairground led to the cancelation of the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival's outdoor concerts scheduled for later in the weekend, but nothing could put a damper on the festival's Friday evening lineup starring drummers and Berklee alumnae Cindy Blackman and Terri Lyne Carrington. Guitar Department faculty member David Gilmore joined Blackman for her hard-hitting jazz fusion set. Carrington, who teaches in the Percussion Department, featured celebrated jazz pianists Geri Allen and Patrice Rushen.
Bands from the student-run Jazz Revelation Records kicked things off at Cafe 939 on Thursday night.