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Courtney Pine: In the Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside Of You)

By Ian Patterson
January 14, 2025
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Minimalist groove, a melodic hook that does not quit and spiraling saxophone that builds to a crescendo of dervish-like intensity. From the Mercury Prize-nominated album Modern Day Jazz Stories (Verve, 1995), "In the Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside Of You)"'s mantra-like guitar motif is sampled from Stanley Clarke's hypnotic "Desert Song." Pine also clearly found inspiration in Clarke's bass solo. Whereas Clarke turned to John McLaughlin on acoustic guitar for some sparkle, Pine looks to the scratching of DJ Pogo for more modern magic dust. And it works a treat. Charnett Moffett on double bass, Mark Whitfield on guitar and Ronnie Burrage on drums round out the band. This is Courtney Pine at his most persuasive.

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