Terri Lyne Carrington “We Insist! 2025”

Fri, Mar 07

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $35|$40|$50|$55 April May Webb – vocals Christiana Hunte – dancer Milena Casado – trumpet Morgan Guerin – bass & saxophone Simon Moullier – vibraphone (except Fri) Joel Ross vibraphone (Fri only) Terri Lyne Carrington – drums “Carrington [has] phenomenal expertise and versatility as a drummer and composer, as well as [the] ability to lead and accentuate the talent she surrounds herself with” – NPR NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington celebrates the legendary Max Roach in his centennial year performing his "Freedom Now Suite.” One of the seminal works of jazz as protest, “We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite,” was first released in 1961 by Roach in collaboration with Abbey Lincoln and lyricist Oscar Brown, Jr. Invoking both the historic pains and hopeful potentiality of the Black experience, Roach created a striking avant-garde, vocal-instrumental suite commemorating the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation and which acted as an urgent call for freedom during the civil rights era, which remains poignant as ever today. Grammy-Award Winning Carrington pays homage to Roach and Lincoln's legacy with an exciting group of emerging artists, including multi-instrumentalist Morgan Guerin, trumpeter Milena Casado, vibraphonist Simon Moullier (except Fri,) vibraphonist Joel ross (Fri only,) vocalist April May Webb filling the role of Abbey Lincoln, and dancer Christiana Hunte. Together, they impart the still poignant social justice message of the “Freedom Now Suite,” respecting its jazz tradition while allowing the influences of other Black musical traditions, including gospel, R&B, and Indigenous Afro-diasporic rhythms, with the resounding spirit and urgency that rings true on the original album.