Name: Medford Jazz Fest 2026 - Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice
Uploaded: 2026-10-02
Duration: 52 min 5 s
Description: The Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice quartet performed a selection of jazz standards written by women and non-binary composers at the Medford Jazz Fest 2026.

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The Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice quartet performed a selection of jazz standards written by women and non-binary composers at the Medford Jazz Fest 2026.

0:04 Introduction of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice — Terry Carter introduced the quartet members and described the institute's mission to advocate for gender justice and equity in jazz.
11:05 Performance of 'Respected Destroyer' and 'Blue Nile' — The quartet performed 'Respected Destroyer' by Brandee Younger and introduced 'Blue Nile' by Alice Coltrane, both featured in the New Standards book.
35:18 Performance of 'Shorty's Portion' and 'Throw It Away' — The band followed their performance of Patrice Rushen's 'Shorty's Portion' with 'Throw It Away' by Abbey Lincoln.
42:52 Performance of 'Unconditional Love' — The quartet introduced and performed their final piece, 'Unconditional Love' by Geri Allen.
51:06 Closing Remarks — Terry Carter concluded the set by thanking the musicians, acknowledging each member of the quartet, and preparing for the next performance.

[Terry Carter]: The jazz field and the roles that jazz play in the larger struggle for gender and I would say social justice. The Institute celebrates contributions women in particular have made in the development of the art form and advocates for more equitable working conditions for all. people pursuing careers in jazz. And we have four of their students, one that's graduating and three that are five years, it's a quartet. So we have Scarlet Before Horses on the keys. Alice Armstrong on trumpet.

All right, we got Greg Tan back there on the big sexy, the bass. And we have, and she's been here before, we have Jillian Upshaw. Jillian Upshaw on the drums, all right. They're getting ready to do a little something for y'all. So let's give it up for the Berkeley Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.

[9ncl8u0PCp0_SPEAKER_00]: Our first tune was called Respected Destroyer. That was composed by Brandy Younger. And we are the Berklee Jazz and Gender Justice Institute. As previously introduced, our mission is we play, we're playing today a collection of standards that are from the New Standards book, which is a collection of tunes that were written by women and non-binary contributors to the jazz music that we believe should be like standard repertoire sometime in the future as it gets played more and more. And our next tune that we're going to be playing is composed by Alice Coltrane and it's called Blue Nile. Thank you.

That tune was called Shorty's Portion by Patrice Russian. We're gonna continue on with our set with Throw It Away by Abbey Lincoln. Thank you.

[9ncl8u0PCp0_SPEAKER_00]: Thank you very much. We'll be moving on to our last tune. It's called Unconditional Love by Jerry Allen. Thank you.

[Terry Carter]: All right. All right. All right, come on, come on. Berkeley Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. All right. We have Scarlet Before Horses on keys. Alice Armstrong on the trumpet. Jillian Upshaw on the drums. And Greg Tan on the bass. Thank you, thank you very much for a wonderful, wonderful set of music. We hope to see you again real soon. We're gonna change over one more time. We've got one more group of players to come before you, but we really, really appreciate what you guys did here today. Thank you so much.