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5 unusual facts about Courtney Pine


Brian Abrahams

Abrahams has worked with groups and artists such as Abdullah Ibrahim, Dudu Pukwana, Ronnie Scott, John Taylor, Johnny Dyani, Brotherhood of Breath, Jim Pepper, Dewey Redman, Mal Waldron, Archie Shepp, and Courtney Pine.

Chris Franck

Franck collaborated on Ernest Ranglin's album Modern Answers to Old Problems alongside Tony Allen, Courtney Pine, and Denys Baptiste.

Courtney Pine

In 1988 he appeared as himself in a jazz quartet in the Doctor Who serial Silver Nemesis.

His recent music integrates modern British music like drum and bass and UK garage with contemporary jazz styles.

Gussie Clarke

Many hits were coming out of the Music Works studio stable and Gussie continued to be a high profile producer way into the late 1990s working with an ensemble of Jamaican reggae artists such as Tiger, Lady G, Papa San, Cocoa Tea, Freddie McGregor, and UK artists such as the mentioned Maxi Priest, the trio group Aswad and Jazz Saxophonist Courtney Pine.


Gary Judd

He is mostly known for his television music (Trinny & Susannah Undress, All About Me, Babyfather, etc...), but he also writes concert and commercially released music which has been played and broadcast around the world by performers like The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Courtney Pine, Leslie Howard (musician), John Etheridge, Christopher Warren-Green, Guy Pratt and The London Community Gospel Choir.

Juliet Kelly

Her second album Delicious Chemistry was also well received and included appearances from several well-known jazz musicians including Courtney Pine, Sebastian Rochford, Roger Beaujolais and Byron Wallen.


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