Courtney Pine presents SONG
(The Ballad Book) Featuring Zoe Rahman
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We’re delighted to welcome back ground-breaking saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, Courtney Pine CBE for an intimate show with MOBO award-winning pianist, Zoe Rahman.
The widely celebrated, multi award-winning musician has played some of the largest stages in the world with a career spanning four decades and now shares his 16th studio album, SONG (The Ballad Book), created alongside Rahman, with us.
At the cutting edge of the UK jazz scene and constantly pushing boundaries, Pine has worked with Tate Modern and UNESCO, is a professor of Music at Westminster University, and is a widely respected TV and radio broadcaster – together with his CBE and OBE for services to music!
“This duo set is a revelation… a celebration of timeless ballads”
– The Guardian
★★★★ “an exceptional labour of love. Never has his intense power been deployed with greater focus”
– Evening Standard
★★★★ “Pine has delivered one of the finest album’s in his already well-stuffed discography (definitely my earworm of the year)”
– The Arts Desk
★★★★ “A joyous, dance-inducing celebration of his Afro-Caribbean roots”
– The Scotsman
Start time
7.45pm
Howard Assembly Room
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