Sara Serpa’s composition “Primavera” is included in the pioneering book “New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers”, edited by Terri Lyne Carrington.

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“The inexhaustible drummer, producer and composer Terri Lyne Carrington’s latest multidisciplinary project was born out of a revelation.

Of course, I played with women that wrote their own material, so that was a given to me: that women are composers.” But, she added, she hadn’t fully realized how much learning about jazz and jazz composition was based on “material that was all written by men.” It’s a problem she addresses head-on with “New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers,” a book due Friday, and an album featuring 11 of its selections.“

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