Courtney Pine CBE (born 18 March 1964, London) is an English jazz musician. At school he studied the clarinet, although he is known primarily for his saxophone playing. Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet, bass clarinet and keyboards. On his 2011 album, Europa, he plays almost exclusively bass clarinet.In 1986 Pine's debut album Journey to the Urge Within entered the UK Top 40.His recent music integrates modern British music like drum and bass and UK garage with contemporary jazz styles. He runs his own band and integrates many contemporary musicians in his performances. He also presents Jazz Crusade on BBC Radio 2, the seventh series of which was broadcast during spring 2007.In 1988 he appeared as himself in a jazz quartet in the Doctor Who serial Silver Nemesis.Pine was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to jazz music. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster on 6 December 2004. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Southampton on 15 July 2010.Pine appeared in August 2008 as an advocate for Pierre Boulez, on the BBC World News classical music programme, Visionaries.
British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer (Off-Screen)
Movies
It Was an Accident, Spy Games
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
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Brighton, East Sussex, England [December 2008]
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North Harrow, Middlesex, England [June 2008]
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Professor Pine was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Jazz Music.
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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to Jazz Music.
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British saxophonist.
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
It Was an Accident
2000
music programmer / musician / score producer
History Is Made at Night
1999
musician: woodwinds
Evita
1996
principal musician
The Miracle
1991
musician: saxophone solos
Angel Heart
1987
musician: saxophones
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
History Is Made at Night
1999
Jazz Band Member
French and Saunders
1990
TV Series
Clarinet / Saxophone Player
Doctor Who
1988
TV Series
Courtney Pine
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mandela, the Living Legend
2003
TV Series documentary
It Was an Accident
2000
History Is Made at Night
1999
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Body Shots
1999
performer: "Modern Day Jazz" / writer: "Modern Day Jazz"
Angel Heart
1987
performer: "Gospel Song"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World
2011
TV Movie documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Flashback: The History of UK Black Music
2016
Documentary
Himself - saxophone
Sonny Rollins Beyond the Notes
2014
Documentary
Himself
Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Late Review
2010
TV Series
Himself - Performer
Breakfast
2008-2010
TV Series
Himself
Visionaries
2008
TV Series
Himself
Humphrey Lyttelton: The Jazz Musicians' Jazz Musician