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Courtney Pine: House of Legends

by Ian Patterson
January 23, 2013

Though multi-reedist Courtney Pine has been playing soprano for almost 30 years, this is the first occasion he's recorded an entire album with the instrument. Following his bass clarinet adventures on the European roots album Europa (Destin-E, 2011) it's clear that the modern British jazz legend doesn't tire of setting himself new challenges. Taking as his ...

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Trumpeter Jay Phelps Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!

November 16, 2010

At the age of 28, trumpeter Jay Phelps already has a broad range of musical experiences under his belt, including co-founding the award-winning jazz group Empirical. Releasing his debut album as a leader, Jay Walkin' (Specific Records, 2010), seems like a natural next step. But Phelps is clearly not a man to be rushed. The album ...

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Article: Live Review

Alexander Hawkins Quartet at the Vortex, London

by John Sharpe
January 25, 2010

Alexander Hawkins Quartet The Vortex London, England January 5, 2010 A very respectable audience braved the cold temperatures (for London where since global warming kicked in it rarely falls below freezing for very long) and further impending snow for the debut of the Alexander Hawkins new quartet at ...

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Jazz Warriors: Afropeans

By Jazz Warriors

Label: Destin-E Records
Released: 2008

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Afropeans

By Jazz Warriors

Label: Destin-E Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Roots; Abolition Day; Remercier Les Travelleurs; Blak Flag; Apunta Un Lapiz; Crossing The Sands; Civilisation.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Jazz Warriors: Afropeans

by Ian Patterson
September 14, 2008

Jazz Warriors Afropeans Destin-E Records 2008 It is probably no coincidence that saxophonist Courtney Pine resurrected the name Jazz Warriors for the fifteen musicians assembled to perform Afropeans, a work commissioned by the Arts Council of England to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act ...

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Article: Album Review

Jazz Warriors: Afropeans

by Chris May
April 17, 2008

A live recording made at London's Barbican concert hall in October, 2007, Afropeans commemorated two anniversaries. The first, for which reed player/composer Courtney Pine had been commissioned to assemble the music and the band, was the 200th anniversary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade. The second, coincidentally but with a fine synchronicity, was the 20th ...

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