Joshua Kosman March 16, 2021Updated: March 25, 2021, 11:41 am
Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington will be honored as a 2021 NEA Jazz Master on April 22 in a virtual ceremony. Photo: Tracy Love
Four giants of contemporary jazz drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Albert “Tootie” Heath, composer and saxophonist Henry Threadgill, and historian Phil Schaap will be honored as part of the 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, scheduled to be presented online by SFJazz and the NEA next month.
The free webcast is slated to be presented at 5 p.m. April 22, via the SFJazz website at www.sfjazz.org. The virtual event will be hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater, herself a 2017 winner of the award, and “Da 5 Bloods” actor Delroy Lindo, an Oakland resident.