 In the late 1980s Carrington moved to Los Angeles, where she gained recognition on late-night TV as the house drummer for "The Arsenio Hall Show", then again in the late 1990s as the drummer on Quincy Jones' late night TV show "VIBE" hosted by Sinbad.As a bandleader, she has worked with Geri Allen, James Genus, Josh Harri, Bob Hurst, Everette Harp, Nona Hendryx, Munyungo Jackson, Ingrid Jensen, Aruan Ortiz, Greg Phillinganes, Tineke Postma, Patrice Rushen, Nêgah Santos, Dwight Sills, Esperanza Spalding, Helen Sung, and Gary Thomas.In summer 2011, she appeared with Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, Danilo Perez in South America.