Courtney Pine’s Three Songs from
Back in the Day:
All Songs
BACKGROUND
- British jazz musician with commercial success due to variety of
modern popular styles in fusion with American modern jazz
elements.
- Jazz influences include: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins.
- Multi instrumentalist with background as DJ. Produced and mixed
album himself.
- Reggae and hip-hop influence from Jamaican born parents.
- Pine's intention was ‘to produce a sound that is old and new at the
same time. The paradox is stimulating to me.’
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Jazz, hip-hop and reggae influence
- Jazz fusion
- Experience as multi-instrumentalist and DJ
- Covers and references to pre existing songs.
, Inner State of Mind
STRUCTURE
Point Explanation Reference(s)
Instrumental DREAM WARRIORS-
⇩ WASH YOUR FACE IN MY SINK
Brass stabs and rapping with jazz
Vocals influence. Part
⇩ of the #jazz rap' movement of the early
Rap 90s.
⇩
Vocals
⇩
Rap
⇩
Vocals
⇩
Instrumental
Described as “freely evolving”
Back in the Day:
All Songs
BACKGROUND
- British jazz musician with commercial success due to variety of
modern popular styles in fusion with American modern jazz
elements.
- Jazz influences include: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins.
- Multi instrumentalist with background as DJ. Produced and mixed
album himself.
- Reggae and hip-hop influence from Jamaican born parents.
- Pine's intention was ‘to produce a sound that is old and new at the
same time. The paradox is stimulating to me.’
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Jazz, hip-hop and reggae influence
- Jazz fusion
- Experience as multi-instrumentalist and DJ
- Covers and references to pre existing songs.
, Inner State of Mind
STRUCTURE
Point Explanation Reference(s)
Instrumental DREAM WARRIORS-
⇩ WASH YOUR FACE IN MY SINK
Brass stabs and rapping with jazz
Vocals influence. Part
⇩ of the #jazz rap' movement of the early
Rap 90s.
⇩
Vocals
⇩
Rap
⇩
Vocals
⇩
Instrumental
Described as “freely evolving”
