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Courtney Pine - Out of the Ghetto: A Modern-day Jazz Story

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Number of Discs
2

Release Date
24/04/2026

Artist
Courtney Pine

format
CD / Album

Label / Studio
UMR

Description

Courtney Pine (OBE; CBE) stands as one of the most important architects of modern British jazz. Emerging in the mid-1980s, he was not simply a gifted saxophonist, but a cultural force: a Black British artist who re-centred jazz as a living, contemporary music rooted in Britain's African-Caribbean communities and in dialogue with reggae, soul, hip hop and sound-system culture. This collection traces Pine's formative recording period from the mid-1980s to the late-1990s - years that laid the foundations not only for his own career, but for the wider ecosystem from which today's UK jazz renaissance has grown. The album has three previously unreleased demo recordings from May 1986 - 'Sophisticated Lady', 'Guidance' and 'Song for Our Children' - recorded in the lead-up to Pine's landmark debut album. The compilation reflects Pine's dual legacy as both subject and curator of his own history.'Out of the Ghetto' forms a definitive portrait of an artist whose influence continues to resonate - not least in the current wave of UK jazz, where many of today's leading voices stand on foundations he helped build.

Disc 1:
1) Children of the Ghetto ()
2) Miss-interpret ()
3) Mark of Time ()
4) In a Mellow Tone ()
5) Una Muy Bonita ()
6) Delfeayo's Dilemma ()
7) Eastern Standard Time ()
8) The Holy Grail ()
9) Creation Stepper ()
10) I've Known Rivers ()
11) The In-sense Song ()
12) Love and Affection ()
13) Zaire ()

Disc 2:
1) Sacrifice ()
2) Our Descendants' Descendants ()
3) Lady Day And (John Coltrane) ()
4) Underground ()
5) Don't Xplain ()
6) The 37th Chamber ()
7) Save the Children ()
8) In the Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside of You) ()
9) Absolution ()
10) The Jazzstep ()
11) My Father's Place ()
12) Brotherman ()
13) Sophisticated Lady ()
14) Guidance ()
15) Song for Our Children ()

Album
Out of the Ghetto: A Modern-day Jazz Story

Publisher
Universal Music

Main Format
CD

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
Out of the Ghetto: A Modern-day Jazz Story | Courtney Pine

Catalogue Number
8801157

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