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Courtney Pine, CBE (born 18 March 1964), is a British jazz musician, who was the principal founder in the 1980s of the black British band the Jazz Warriors. Although known primarily for his saxophone playing, Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute , clarinet , bass clarinet and keyboards.
NEW FOR 2022 – COURTNEY PINE PRESENTS SPIRITUALITY featuring Zoe Rahman – New tour dates announced and album release Autumn 2022
Courtney Pine performs Misty on Later... with Jools Holland.Watch more on iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer
No musician more embodies the dramatic transformation in the British jazz scene over the past thirty years than saxophonist Courtney Pine. The ground breaking, multi- instrumentalist has led a generation of exciting and innovative players who have broadened their styles to take jazz out to a wider audience.
Nov 12, 2010 · Despite his billing as one of Britain's most celebrated and influential jazz artists, Courtney Pine tells Ian Burrell that it hasn't been an easy ride to the top table
Dec 17, 2022 · Courtney Pine: ‘The search for the perfect melody is more important than celebrity’ The British jazz musician on harmony, heritage and being ‘a cat guy’ © Lauren Crow
Courtney Pine became one of the key standard-bearers of British jazz in the ‘80s, and, more specifically, the emblem of a new generation of London-based black players of West Indian origin who opted to play acoustic bebop rather than electric fusion.
