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Courtney Pine

There are a few honourable exceptions, but British jazz musicians have rarely been taken seriously on the world stage. However, respected by musicians of all genres for his artistry and sense of adventure, Courtney Pine has gone a long way to change those perceptions. The son of Jamaican immigrants in London, born on 18 March 1964, he mastered saxophone - and keyboards - at a young age and while instinctively drawn to jazz, he has always experimented with other musical styles and early in his career toured with reggae act General Saint and Clint Eastwood. He made his first album,...