Jazz Rules Everything Around Me is a conversation hosted by singer, songwriter, and rapper Mumu Fresh, bringing together visionary artists, harpist Brandee Younger and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. This engaging program explores jazz’s enduring influence across genres, culture, and community, highlighting the creative process, improvisation, and innovation through dialogue, personal insight, and shared musical perspectives.

Terri Lyne Carrington is an NEA Jazz Master, Doris Duke Artist, and four-time Grammy award-winning
drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She serves as artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, as well for the Next Jazz Legacy apprenticeship program. In collaboration with vocalist Christie Dashiell, Carrington released We Insist 2025!, reimagining Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, affirming her mission of using jazz as a tool for social activism. She has performed on over 100 albums and currently holds honorary doctorates from York University, Manhattan School of Music and Berklee College of Music.

Brandee Younger is revolutionizing the harps’ role in modern music. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked relentlessly to stretch boundaries and limitations for harpists.  In 2022, she made history by becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy® Award for Best Instrumental Composition. That same year, she was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award and later, the winner of the 2024 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Album for her latest album Brand New Life.  Ever-expanding as an artist, she has worked with cultural icons including Common, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, Pharoah Sanders and Christian McBride.

Mumu Fresh, also known as Maimouna Youssef, is a GRAMMY-nominated, Indigenous Music Award–winning artist and U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassador. She has served as governor of the Washington, DC chapter of the Recording Academy and is an ambassador for the Black Music Collective.

An internationally touring Afro-Indigenous singer, emcee, songwriter, activist, workshop facilitator, and audio engineer, she has been called a “quadruple threat” by The Roots’ Black Thought and “groundbreaking” by Common. A two-time NPR Tiny Desk featured artist, she has collaborated widely and built a global audience. Through performance, lectures, and her nonprofit Mountain Eagle Place, she advances art, healing, cultural preservation, and community empowerment worldwide.