The Mosaic Project (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Mosaic Project

| type = studio

| artist = Terri Lyne Carrington

| cover = Terri Lyne Carrington (The Mosaic Project).jpg

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| released = {{Start date|2011|7|19}}

| recorded =

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| genre = R&B, jazz

| length = {{Duration|m=71|s=39}}

| label = Concord Jazz

| producer = Robert Hebert, Frank White, Terri Lyne Carrington

| prev_title = More to Say...Real Life Story

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue

| next_year = 2013

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The Mosaic Project is an album by jazz drummer Terri Lyne Carrington released in 2011 on Concord Jazz Records.{{cite work|title=Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project|date=2011|publisher=Concord Jazz Records}} The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/terri-lyne-carrington/chart-history/jcr/|title=Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project (Contemporary Jazz Albums)|publisher=Billboard|website=billboard.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/terri-lyne-carrington/chart-history/jls/|title=Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project (Top Jazz Albums)|publisher=Billboard|website=billboard.com}}

Overview

The album is part jazz, part rhythm and blues (R&B), with vocals contributed by Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gretchen Parlato, Esperanza Spalding, and Nona Hendryx.

Carrington wrote five of the songs, including "Magic and Music", a tribute to singer Teena Marie, who died in 2010 seven months before The Mosaic Project was released.

Covers

Lyne Carrington covered Ethel Merman's "I Got Lost in His Arms", "Michelle" by the Beatles and

"Simply Beautiful" by Al Green on the album.{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/148882|title=Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project|website=secondhandsongs.com}}

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Jazz Times

|rev1Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/terri-lyne-carrington-the-mosaic-project/|title=Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project|author=Tamarkin, Jeff|date=October 4, 2011|publisher=Jazz Times|website=jazztimes.com}}

|rev2 = Allmusic

|rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-mosaic-project-mw0002138874|title=Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project|author=Henderson, Alex|publisher=Allmusic|website=allmusic.com}}

|rev3 = BBC

|rev3Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hb4z/|title=Terri Lyne Carrington The Mosaic Project Review|author= Bellini, Lara|date=2011|publisher=BBC|website=bbc.co.uk}}

|rev4 = The Independent

|rev4Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-terri-lyne-carrington-the-mosaic-project-groove-concord-jazz-2329022.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-terri-lyne-carrington-the-mosaic-project-groove-concord-jazz-2329022.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Album: Terri Lyne Carrington, The Mosaic Project (Groove / Concord Jazz)|author=Coleman, Nick|date=July 31, 2011|publisher=The Independent|website=independent.co.uk}}

|rev5 = The Guardian

|rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/21/terri-lyne-carrington-mosaic-project|title=Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project – review|date=July 21, 2011|author=Fordham, John|publisher=The Guardian|website=theguardian.com}}

|rev6 = New York Times

|rev6Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/arts/music/new-music-from-thomas-dybdahl-and-ursa-minor.html|title=For Longtime Artists, Dawning of a New Day|date=July 15, 2011|author=Chinen, Nate|publisher=The Guardian|website=nytimes.com}}

|rev7 = Financial Times

|rev7Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/f6ebe9b0-b711-11e0-974c-00144feabdc0|title=Terri Lyne Carrrington: The Mosaic Project|date=July 29, 2011|author=Hobart, Mike|publisher=Financial Times|website=ft.com}}

|rev8 = Boston Globe

|rev8Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2011/07/19/terri_lyne_carrington_the_mosaic_project/|title=(Album Review) Terri Lyne Carrington : The Mosaic Project|date=July 19, 2011|author=Beuttler, Bill|publisher=Boston Globe|website=boston.com}}

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Jeff Tamarkin of Jazz Times proclaimed that "Carrington’s percussion and kit playing is potent throughout" on an LP where "seemingly unrelated elements coalesce into a greater, cohesive whole".

Lara Bellini of the BBC noted that the album "steers clear of easy compartmentalization with its openness and freedom" and "offers, simply, some of the best jazz around."

Nick Coleman of The Independent also described The Mosaic Project as "accessible, song-based contemporary jazz at its most earnest, ordered and empowering".

The Mosaic Project also won a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Jazz Album.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/terri-lyne-carrington|title=Terri Lyne-Carrington|publisher=The Recording Academy|website=grammy.com}}