Courtney Pine (born 18 March 1964) is a British jazz musician. At school he studied clarinet, although he is known primarily for his saxophone playing. Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet and keyboards. March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ...

His recent music has attempted to integrate modern British music like drum and bass and UK garage with contemporary jazz styles. He runs his own band and integrates many comtemporary musicians in his performances. He also presents 'Jazz Crusade' on BBC Radio 2, the seventh series being broadcast during spring 2007. Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to DnB, dnb, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... UK garage (also known as UKG or just garage) refers to several different varieties of modern electronic dance music generally connected to the evolution of house in the UK in the mid 1990s. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ...

Pine was awarded an OBE in 2000 for services to jazz. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster (06/12/04). The University of Westminster is a university in London, England, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, which allowed the London Polytechnic (Polytechnic of Central London or PCL ) to rename itself as a university. ...

He made a guest appearance in the 1988 Doctor Who story Silver Nemesis. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, (and a 1996 television movie). ... Silver Nemesis is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in the UK in three weekly parts from November 23 (the series 25th anniversary) to December 7, 1988. ...

Discography

• Resistance (2005)
• Devotion (2003)
• Back in the Day (2000)
• Underground (1997)
• Modern Day Jazz Stories (1995)
• The Eyes of Creation (1992)
• Within The Realms of Our Dreams (1991)
• Closer To Home (1990)
• The Vision's Tale (1989)
• Angel Heart OST (1987)
• Destiny's Song (1988)
• Journey to The Urge Within (1986).