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The Mosaic Project (album)

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 Mosaic Project

July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)

R&B, jazz

71:39

Robert Hebert, Frank White, Terri Lyne Carrington

Overview[edit]

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.

Covers[edit]

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]

– drums, percussion, arranger, producer

Terri Lyne Carrington

– vocals

Cassandra Wilson

– vocals

Dianne Reeves

– vocals

Dee Dee Bridgewater

– vocals

Gretchen Parlato

– vocals

Carmen Lundy

– vocals

Nona Hendryx

– vocals

Shea Rose

– vocals, bass

Esperanza Spalding

– bass

Mimi Jones

– clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone

Anat Cohen

– alto saxophone, soprano saxophone

Tineke Postma

– keyboards, piano

Patrice Rushen

– keyboards, piano

Geri Allen

– keyboards, piano

Helen Sung

– flugelhorn, trumpet

Ingrid Jensen

Hailey Niswanger – flute

Linda Taylor – guitar

Chia-Yin Carol Ma – violin

– percussion

Sheila E.

– commentary

Angela Davis

Technical