Revisit Terri Lyne Carrington’s Past… While She Continues To Shape The Future.

At 16, Terri Lyne cut her first album as a bandleader, in full command of a legendary group that included Kenny Barron, George Coleman, Buster Williams, and her father, Sonny.

With only 500 copies pressed on her family label, Candid is proud to take this cat out of the bag and give TLC & Friends its first, proper release more than 40 years later, repackaged and remastered by the great Bernie Grundman for180-gram vinyl, CD, and all streaming services

Yet the start of the Terri Lyne Carrington story, is, well, just the beginning. We’re all aware of the acclaimed career that followed, right up to her latest Grammy-winner, New Standards Vol. 1.

But what Terri Lyne does behind a kit is nothing compared to what she does behind the scenes.

As a mentor, educator, activist, and A&R executive, she’s doing nothing less than developing the artists who will usher in the next great era of jazz. And Candid is honored to be part of Terri Lyne’s past, her present, and the collective future of jazz itself.