Terri Lyne Carrington

TLC & Friends

The 4-time Grammy- winner and one-time child prodigy’s long-lost, 1981 debut

Backed by jazz legends Kenny Barron, George Coleman, and Buster Williams

As an artist, an educator, A&R executive, and activist, Terri Lyne Carrington has emerged as one of the fiercest voices in jazz This album takes us back to the beginnings of her career as a band leader. Though Carrington was still a teenager when she recorded TLC & Friends, she was by no means an amateur; she was already an acclaimed jazz prodigy who’d shared the stage with the likes of Oscar Peterson, Clark Terry, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

As a result, her first recording session found her surrounded by seasoned sidemen who backed the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Chet Baker: Kenny Barron on piano, George Coleman on saxophone, and Buster Williams on bass. Terri Lyne’s father, Sonny, also steps in for a solo on “Sonnymoon For Two ”

Originally self-released in 1981, it’s now being made widely available for the first time and features refreshed and expanded artwork.

Written and recorded after four years of personal and professional upheaval, Daughter represented a bracing new beginning for Lydia Loveless. Originally released on her own Honey, You’re Gonna Be Late label, Bloodshot is proud to bring this incredible album to a wider audience.

Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Tom Schick (Wilco, Mavis Staples, Norah Jones) at The Loft with her longtime accomplices–multiinstrumentalists Todd May and Jay Gasper, and drummer George Hondroulis–Loveless pushed herself to chase new ideas, sounds, and directions, making Daughtera revelation.

The album captured Loveless at her fiery best, with her songwriting stronger and exhibiting an even keener insight than ever. Critics took notice, praising the album has her best to date and naming it among the year’s best recordings.