The Mosaic Project | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 19, 2011 | |||
Genre | R&B, jazz | |||
Length | 71:39 | |||
Label | Concord Jazz | |||
Producer | Robert Hebert, Frank White, Terri Lyne Carrington | |||
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The Mosaic Project is an album by jazz drummer Terri Lyne Carrington released in 2011 on Concord Jazz Records. [1] The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. [2] [3]
The album is part jazz, part rhythm and blues ( R&B), with vocals contributed by Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gretchen Parlato, Esperanza Spalding, and Nona Hendryx.
Carrington wrote five of the songs, including "Magic and Music", a tribute to singer Teena Marie, who died in 2010 seven months before The Mosaic Project was released.
Lyne Carrington covered Ethel Merman's "I Got Lost in His Arms", " Michelle" by the Beatles and " Simply Beautiful" by Al Green on the album. [4]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Jazz Times | (favourable) [5] |
Allmusic | [6] |
BBC | (favourable) [7] |
The Independent | (favourable) [8] |
The Guardian | [9] |
New York Times | (favourable) [10] |
Financial Times | (favourable) [11] |
Boston Globe | (favourable) [12] |
Jeff Tamarkin of Jazz Times proclaimed that "Carrington’s percussion and kit playing is potent throughout" on an LP where "seemingly unrelated elements coalesce into a greater, cohesive whole". [5] Lara Bellini of the BBC noted that the album "steers clear of easy compartmentalization with its openness and freedom" and "offers, simply, some of the best jazz around." [7] Nick Coleman of The Independent also described The Mosaic Project as "accessible, song-based contemporary jazz at its most earnest, ordered and empowering". [8]
The Mosaic Project also won a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Jazz Album. [13]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Transformation" | Nona Hendryx/ Carole Pope/ Kevan Staples | 5:33 |
2. | "I Got Lost in His Arms" | Irving Berlin | 4:58 |
3. | "Michelle" | John Lennon/ Paul McCartney | 6:52 |
4. | "Magic and Music" | Carrington | 3:45 |
5. | "Echo" | Bernice Johnson Reagon | 7:14 |
6. | "Simply Beautiful" | Al Green | 4:30 |
7. | "Unconditional Love" | Geri Allen | 5:56 |
8. | "Wistful" | Carrington | 4:48 |
9. | "Crayola" | Esperanza Spalding | 4:29 |
10. | "Soul Talk" | Carrington/Hendryx | 5:55 |
11. | "Mosaic Triad" | Carrington | 5:59 |
12. | "Insomniac" | Carrington | 5:13 |
13. | "Show Me a Sign" | Carmen Lundy | 2:28 |
14. | "Sisters on the Rise (A Transformation)" | Hendryx/Pope/Staples/ Shea Rose | 3:59 |
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