- Friday | December 6 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
- 501 Texas Ave. Houston TX 77002
- 713-524-5050 | boxoffice@dacamera.com
- Convenient parking in the Theater District Garage with entrances on Texas and Prairie or the Lyric Garage, entrance on Smith.
The immensely gifted drummer Terri Lyne Carrington – NEA Jazz Master and 4-time Grammy Award winner – has worked tirelessly over the last decade to advocate for inclusivity in jazz. Carrington and her bandmates delve into the Grammy-winning ‘Best Jazz Instrumental Album’ New Standards Vol. 01, shining a powerful light on music from great women composers including Carla Bley, Cassandra Wilson, Gretchen Parlato, Abbey Lincoln, Eliane Elias and Marilyn Crispell.
Terri Lyne Carrington, drums; Christie Dashiell, vocals; Kris Davis, piano; Matthew Stevens, guitar; Isaac Coyle; bass; Christiana Hunte, dancer
“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
Concert Sponsors
Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation
Texas Commission on the Arts
“Putting her music where her mouth is, Carrington brings much-needed attention to the composing voices of women in jazz.”
— NPR
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Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix
- Saturday | January 25 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
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Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Marcus Gilmore
- Friday | April 11 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism and pop allure. From jazz to R&B, and pop/rock and hip-hop/neo-soul to classical, nine-time GRAMMY-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader Christian McBride is a luminary with one hand ever reaching for new heights. In all of his playing, drummer/composer Marcus Gilmore integrates a unique style where he is musically expanding rhythm, while supporting the diverse array of the finest musicians in the world with whom he plays.
OUR VALUES
Connection
We value and nurture rich and often unexpected connections among musical genres, art forms, and ideas; between people and places; between the past and the present.
Exploration
We believe that openness to new experiences and enthusiasm for learning are vital to human experience. At the vanguard of arts organizations, we continually evolve our ways of presenting to combine an unusual mix of in-depth exploration and accessibility.
Excellence
DACAMERA has become synonymous with quality; the common denominator of our diverse activities, on stage and in the community, is excellence.
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