# Courtney Pine – The ground breaking multi- instrumentalist: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2018/03/18/courtney-pine-the-groundbreaking-multi-instrumentalist-video/
- Published: 2018-03-18T00:02:58+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**18.03. – Happy Birthday !!! 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.**

In the 80’s he was one of the first black British jazz artists to make a serious
mark on the jazz scene when his first album “Journey To The Urge Within” charted
and some 30 years on (now with an OBE and CBE for services to music) he continues
to break new ground with a string of highly acclaimed recordings and numerous prestigious
Industry awards. His album “Modern Day Jazz Stories” was nominated for the Mercury
Music Prize in 2000 and he was the recipient of the Gold Badge award in 2002.

He has released 16 studio albums to date and continues to tour Worldwide with his
award winning band playing clubs, concert halls and festivals from Glastonbury to
Fuji Rock, Montreux to Cape Town.

His numerous TV and radio presenting credits include “Mandela Living Legend” for
the BBC and the Sony Award winning long running specialist jazz show – Courtney 
Pine’s Jazz Crusade for BBC Radio 2. He was most recently commissioned by The Tate
to compose and perform a unique piece inspired by the work of artist Henri Matisse,
as part of Tate’s ‘Matisse Live’ broadcast in cinemas across the UK.

In 1986 a 22 year old Courtney Pine appeared on the front cover of the iconic British
music publication NME, he is the only Black British jazz artist to do so – the last
quote in a two page interview read “You know I’m doing this for a reason” – some
30 years later he still is…

“I believe in letting the musicians decide what is and what isn’t jazz. And for 
me, not to open my heart and play everything that is in my head or reflects my experiences,
is just wrong.” – Courtney Pine.

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