Master drummer Terri Lyne Carrington brings her Mosaic Project to the Kennedy Center on Saturday as part of the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival.

While the Kennedy Center’s annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival should be applauded for honoring the women of this great American art form, it is a shame that it is even necessary. While artists such as the festival’s namesake and a host of others have made major contributions to jazz, the fact of the matter is that this music is still heavily male dominated. When asked how she viewed the festival, drummer par…