Niels Lan Doky playing with Terri Lyne Carrington / 70s Funk @ Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Photo by Kannan Palanisamy
It’s probably safe to say that Terri Lyne Carrington is one of the best jazz drummers alive. It was so special to have Terri alongside her former classmate at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Niels Lan Doky on piano, and the talented and charismatic, Linley Marthe on electric bass. We got to experience a Jazz/Take on 1970s Funk with songs by James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sly and the Family Stone, Rufus & Chaka Khan, and Stevie Wonder.
The trio performed a captivating set of the following songs:
You Can Make It If You Try (Sly & Family Stone)
Have A Talk With God (Stevie Wonder)
Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
That’s the Way of the World (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Cold Sweat(James Brown)
In the Stone / Close to Home medley (Earth, Wind & Fire / Lyle Mays)
Tell Me Something Good (Rufus & Chaka Khan)
I Got The Feeling (James Brown)
If You Want Me To Stay (Sly & Family Stone)
We very much look forward to having the one and only Terri Lyne Carrington back in the near future. If you missed the show you can enjoy a selection of photos from the concert below taken by the talented photographer, Kannan Palanisamy.
A NOTE FROM NIELS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE CONCERT:
“I am incredibly excited to see and play with Terri Lyne Carrington again next week. We have known each other for the majority of our lives.
About 40 years ago, in 1982, we were classmates at Berklee College of Music in Boston and became close friends. Then we moved to New York City together and were roommates in Manhattan (Spanish Harlem!) in the mid-1980s. We have done numerous projects, gigs and record dates together since then, but it has been many years since last. Terri feels more like family to me than a colleague. So this will be a wonderful and highly anticipated reunion.
Today, she is widely recognized as one of the world's greatest drummers and most accomplished musicians. But I always thought of her that way, since day one. All of us back then already knew that her talent was surreal and of extreme magnitude.
This rare appearance in Denmark of hers is not to be missed!
Joining us on bass is the incredible Linley Marthe (Zawinul Syndicate, Modern Standards Supergroup).
The three of us are doing a Jazz/Take on 70s Funk (songs by Earth Wind and Fire, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone and Rufus & Chaka Khan) at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Saturday August 13 at 15:30.
Terri Lyne Carrington’s presence on the music scene in the 1980s played a significant and pioneering role in inspiring and paving the way for the surge in female jazz instrumentalist that we have seen since.
In the mid 80s, the Montmarte club in Copenhagen would not give my new trio a gig because my drummer was a girl. They started to take her seriously only after she joined Wayne Shorter’s band. We finally played the Montmarte in 1986 and Kjeld Frandsen reviewed us in this article that appeared in Berlingske, entitled “Showdown with the myth”.
Of course gender is one of the topics of the article. But it was never on my mind. To me, Terri’s excellence as a musician was always way above and beyond any discussions about gender.”