Terri Lyne Carrington

Documented by Drum Faster

Three Grammys, a professional union card at eleven, and the founder of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. A colourist rather than a timekeeper — and a cymbal setup far wider and stranger than a traditional jazz drummer would own.

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2022 — The New Standards era

The cymbal setup is the interesting part: mismatched hi-hats, a wide spread of thin dark crashes, and a bank of effects cymbals — a trash splash, a small china, a Latin multi-crash — that a straight-ahead jazz player would never own. That is the texture her playing runs on.

The 2022 kit at a glance. Tap a piece to find it below; sticks, pedals and hardware aren't drawn.

Zildjian K Constantinople Hi-hat top over a K Custom Session bottom — mismatched on purpose ⤷ who plays this

Zildjian K 16" Dark Thin Crash ⤷ who plays this

Zildjian K 19" Dark Thin Crash ⤷ who plays this

Zildjian K Custom 22" High Definition Ride ⤷ who plays this

Zildjian FX 9" Oriental Trash Splash ⤷ who plays this

Zildjian 6" Splash ⤷ who plays this

Zildjian FX 10" China Trash ⤷ who plays this

Zildjian FX 15" Azuka Latin Multi-Crash ⤷ who plays this

Zildjian Terri Lyne Carrington Artist Series sticks between a 5A and a 7A, US select hickory — jazz and light rock, not volume ⤷ who plays this

2022 — The New Standards era

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