Which instrument does jazz musician Courtney Pine play/
"mostly used it as an accompaniment rhythm section instrument. In big bands of the 1920s, the acoustic guitar played backing chords, but it was not loud enough to play solos like the saxophone and trumpet. The development of guitar amplifiers, which contained a power amplifier and a loudspeaker in a wooden cabinet, let jazz guitarists play solos and be heard over a big band. The development of the electric guitar provided guitarists with an instrument that was built to connect to guitar amplifiers. Electric guitars have magnetic pickups, volume control knobs and an output jack. In the 1960s, larger, more"
"Journey to the Urge Within Journey to the Urge Within is the debut album by English saxophonist Courtney Pine. It was released on the Verve label in 1986. Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: ""This early Courtney Pine recording (the tenor saxophonist was 22 at the time) features some of the most promising black English jazz musicians of the time, including Pine (who also plays some bass clarinet and soprano), singer Cleveland Watkiss (who often is reminiscent of Bobby McFerrin), vibraphonist Orphy Robinson, and pianist Julian Joseph."" The album went on to"
"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"". Pine's parents were Jamaican immigrants, his father a carpenter and his mother a housing manager. As a child he wanted to be an astronaut. He lives in London with his wife and their four children. As leader As sideman Courtney Pine Courtney Pine, (born"
"Piney Gir Piney Gir (pronounced ""gear""), often shortened to Piney, is an American musician and singer, born in Kansas but based in London, England since 1998. She has released six studio albums. Piney's musical style is predominately edgy indie-pop, although she has been described both as a musical “chameleon"" and as “the indie Dolly Parton"". Piney is an established figure on the London music scene, and has toured extensively including appearances at Glastonbury festival, South by Southwest, and CMJ music festival. She has collaborated with artists, including Andy Ramsay of Stereolab; Rob Campanella from The Brian Jonestown Massacre; Eamon Hamilton"
"saxophone as his main instrument. He attended Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire, from the age of 13, completing his A levels at 18. Early musical influences include the vocalist and percussionist Frank Holder. Kinch went on to study Modern History at Hertford College, Oxford University. He also benefited from participation in the programmes of Tomorrow's Warriors, the music education and artist development organisation co-founded in 1991 by Janine Irons and Gary Crosby, and played with Crosby's Jazz Jamaica All Stars collective. In 2001 Kinch established the Soweto Kinch Trio with bassist Michael Olatuja and drummer Troy Miller and supported Courtney Pine at"
"with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Among other well known musicians he has played with are guitarist John Williams, pianist Robert Mitchell, Jools Holland, Kirsty MacColl, Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo. Puente is a regular member of the band of saxophonist Courtney Pine, who produced his debut solo album ""From There to Here"" (2009). Omar Puente Omar Puente (born 1961) is a Cuban-born violinist and jazz musician, currently living in England. He has been called ""a classical violinist with a heart that beats with a Cuban rhythm, a soul that is African, and a home in West Yorkshire"". Puente was born"
"on his hit album ""Giant Steps"". McCoy Tyner is also an influential player who played with Coltrane. Jazz piano Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic and harmonic capabilities. For this reason it is an important tool of jazz musicians and composers for teaching and learning jazz theory and set arrangement, regardless of their main instrument. (By extension the phrase 'jazz piano'"
"instruments, the piano is one of the instruments in a jazz combo that can play both single notes and chords rather than only single notes as does the saxophone or trumpet. A new style known as “stride” or “Harlem stride” emerged during the 1920s, predominantly in New York. James P. Johnson was a prominent adherent. The left hand was used to establish rhythm while the right hand improvised melodies. Mastering the various chord voicings—simple to advanced—is the first building block of learning jazz piano. Jazz piano technique uses all the chords found in Western art music, such as major, minor,"
"Infinitum and also performs as part of The AllStars Collective. Yeoh collaborated with The Roots in the 1994 Montreux Jazz Fest. Nikki Yeoh Nikki Yeoh (born 23 May 1973) is a British jazz pianist and composer, known for her work with Courtney Pine, Neneh Cherry, Phillip Bent, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Chante Moore, The Roots and Steve Williamson. Born in London, Yeoh is of mixed race origin, having a father from Malaysia of Chinese descent, and an English mother. Yeoh won ""The Independent"" award for Best Jazz Musician of the Year in 1996 and in 1999 was a semi-finalist at the piano"
"on the cover of their first album. They have released other unique merchandise, including an air freshener. The Courtneys The Courtneys is a Canadian indie rock band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2010. The band is composed of Sydney Koke (bass, vocals), Courtney Loove (guitar, vocals), and Jen Twynn Payne (drums, lead vocals). Sydney Koke and Jen Twynn Payne met in their hometown of Calgary, Alberta in 2007. After becoming housemates, Twynn Payne began learning to play drums with then-boyfriend Patrick Flegel. Koke was impressed with her abilities and suggested they start a band, which became Puberty, a post-punk"
"Courtney Parker Courtney Parker (born July 8, 1985 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) usually referred to mononymously as Courtney is an American singer and dancer that currently lives and works in Glyfada, Greece. She is currently signed to the Panik Records. Courtney is known for her collaborations with Helena Paparizou, Playmen and HouseTwins on the songs ""All the Time"", ""Breakin' Me Up"" and ""Rhythm Is A Dancer"", respectively. Before moving to Greece and start her music career, Courtney was a dancer. Her love for dancing led her to teaching and choreographing for the last 11 years. She studied classical and contemporary"
"Wynne Paris Wynne Paris (born June 22, 1964 in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama) is a new-age and world beat musician/producer with a special focus on yoga music and kirtan, the call-and-response singing of Bhakti yoga. His live performance combines Kirtan chanting, American music (jazz, gospel music, blues and rock music), world beat rhythms and raga scales. He sings in both English and Sanskrit, and plays guitar, sarod (a 26 stringed, sitar-like instrument from India), harmonium, saz (a stringed instrument in the lute family) and percussion. Paris was a rock & roll and rhythm & blues guitar artist in the 1980s, performing"
"the Stanford University Music Library. Clint Baker Clint Baker (born January 27, 1971, in Mountain View, California) is an American traditional jazz musician performing on cornet, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, guitar, banjo, tuba, string bass, and drums. Baker started playing clarinet in 1980. His first school band director needed trombonists and quickly switched Clint to trombone. Baker is an autodidact and in the years that followed he would learn additional instruments including tuba, tenor banjo, and drums. In 1984 he organized and led his first traditional jazz band: “Greasy Kid Stuff” (1984–1989). In 1988 this band appeared at the Sacramento"
"2014 Routenberg continues to teach jazz piano at Ball State University in Indiana, teaching a variety of performance, theory, and history classes. Routenberg is known to utilize the genres of jazz, classical, electronica, and big band, among others. Both his 2003 and 2006 albums ""explore jazz-influenced electro-acoustic hybrids."" He has stated that influences on his work in jazz piano include Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Benny Green. Stated Routenberg's collaborator and jazz violinist Christian Howes, ""Scott Routenberg is a rare musician with both the experience to play modern jazz piano on the highest level and the"
"Nikki Yeoh Nikki Yeoh (born 23 May 1973) is a British jazz pianist and composer, known for her work with Courtney Pine, Neneh Cherry, Phillip Bent, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Chante Moore, The Roots and Steve Williamson. Born in London, Yeoh is of mixed race origin, having a father from Malaysia of Chinese descent, and an English mother. Yeoh won ""The Independent"" award for Best Jazz Musician of the Year in 1996 and in 1999 was a semi-finalist at the piano competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Yeoh collaborates with drummer Mark Mondesir and his bassist brother, Michael Mondesir in Jazz trio"
"Tapani Rinne Tapani Rinne (born 1962) is a Finnish musician, composer and record producer, who is known for his experimental and innovative style with the clarinet and saxophone. Tapani Rinne, one of the best-known and respected contemporary jazz musicians and composers in Finland, studied music at the prestigious Sibelius Academy between 1981 and 1986. As an alumnus of the famed Edward Vesala's Sound & Fury workshops, he continued to experiment with jazz and became one of leading figures in Finland's contemporary jazz scene. Close collaboration eventually lead Edvard Vesala and Rinne to start a new group called RinneRadio and to"
"Sennie ""Skip"" Martin Sennie ""Skip"" Martin III (born June 25, 1957, in San Francisco, California, U.S.) is an American musician, now based in Las Vegas. He is a lead vocalist, trumpet player, songwriter and producer who was formerly lead vocalist for Kool & The Gang (1987–2007) and the Dazz Band. Before those groups he was lead singer for the East Wind Band and then he was lead singer for the Mighty Generation Band. With the Dazz Band he won a Grammy Award for the song “Let It Whip”. Martin's love of jazz started at the age of eleven, and he"
"Soweto Kinch), as well as Cuban electric violinist Omar Puente. The concert was recorded for a live Courtney Pine Afropean Jazz Warriors album, also called ""Afropeans"" (Destin-e Records, 2008). In 2011 a new Jazz Warriors International organisation was formed by some members of the original Jazz Warriors, embracing the historic legacy of the original group. In 1991 the original Jazz Warriors double-bassist, Gary Crosby, established Tomorrow's Warriors, an organisation to nurture and develop talented young jazz musicians wishing to pursue a professional career in jazz. Jazz Warriors The Jazz Warriors were an all-black London-based group of jazz musicians that made"
"taught occasionally. With Gene Ammons With Rusty Bryant With Billy Butler With Eddie Harris With Willis Jackson With Etta Jones With Boogaloo Joe Jones With Houston Person With Bernard Purdie Sonny Phillips Sonny Phillips (born December 7, 1936) is an American jazz keyboardist. His primary instrument is electronic organ but he often played piano. Phillips began playing jazz organ after hearing Jimmy Smith in his twenties. He studied under Ahmad Jamal, and played in the 1960s and 1970s with Lou Donaldson, Nicky Hill, Eddie Harris, Houston Person, and Gene Ammons. His debut album was released in 1969, and he released"
"1980s, with the advent of the digital piano, the electric grand piano declined in popularity, and production ultimately ceased. The electric grand sound survives as part of the official General MIDI specification, with most instrument manufacturers licensing the CP-70 and/or -80 sound from Yamaha. The band Keane uses Yamaha's CP-70 exclusively in its music, with it being band member Tim Rice-Oxley's primary instrument. Lead singer Tom Chaplin also used a Yamaha CP-60, a smaller and upright variant of the CP-70, during the ""Under The Iron Sea"" era of the band. Swedish soloartist Jack L. Stroem and the band Tokyo Keys"
"piano became a popular instrument in jazz in the late 1960s, particularly for several sidemen who played with Miles Davis. Herbie Hancock first encountered the instrument in 1968 while booked for a session with Davis. He immediately became an enthusiast, noting that the amplification allowed him to be heard much more easily in groups when compared to the piano. Hancock continued to experiment with the Rhodes over the next few years, including playing it through a wah wah. Another former Davis sideman, Chick Corea started using the Rhodes prominently during the 1970s, as did Weather Report founder Joe Zawinul. From"
"ask for Pig, I want Pig!"" Hargus ""Pig"" Robbins Hargus Melvin ""Pig"" Robbins (born January 18, 1938, in Spring City, Tennessee) is an American session keyboard, and piano player. Having played on records for artists such as Dolly Parton, Connie Smith, Patti Page, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, George Jones,Charlie Rich, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, John Hartford, Ween, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, David Allan Coe, Moe Bandy, George Hamilton IV, Sturgill Simpson and Conway Twitty, he played on Roger Miller's Grammy Award-winning ""Dang Me"" in 1964. He is blind, having lost his sight at age four due"
"Courtney Jaye Courtney Jaye (born February 15, 1978) is an American singer/songwriter. Courtney Jaye Goldberg was born on February 15, 1978 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Alpharetta, Georgia, when she was a freshman in high school. It was at this time she discovered The Grateful Dead and Neil Young, and also began to play the guitar. After becoming immersed in the bohemian culture, she headed out west and lived in the mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona. She worked as an acupuncturist's assistant by day and performed in a bluegrass band at night. Over the years, she has lived on"
"Pike except as indicated"" Jazz for the Jet Set Jazz for the Jet Set is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Dave Pike which was recorded in 1965 for the Atlantic label. The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating ""This disc is a bit unusual in a few ways. Vibraphonist Dave Pike sticks here exclusively to the marimba, while pianist Herbie Hancock is heard throughout on organ, an instrument he rarely played again... Most of the music consists of obscurities and is open to the influences of the boogaloo and pop rhythms of the era... An interesting effort""."
"was taught by people from the Classical world, including Alfia Bekova, Elma de Bruyne, Joan Dickson and Raphael Wallfisch at the Purcell School and later the Guildhall School of Music. In 1988 Jegede became fascinated with jazz and worked and toured with ex-members of the Jazz Warriors founded by Courtney Pine and Cleveland Watkiss. Jegede formed his own jazz ensemble, The Jazz Griots, with the purpose of exploring the connections between African and African diasporic forms of music. In 1991, he pioneered African Classical music in the UK with the first ever national tour of the African Classical Music Ensemble,"
"co-wrote a song for the UK acid folk act Dodson and Fogg for the album In a Strange Slumber called ""A Sweet and Strange Surprise"". Kevin played piano, harpsichord, organ and acoustic guitar on the track which also reunited him with singer Alison O'Donnell. He also contributed piano to the song ""The Wind"" and arranged strings on two more, ""Don't You Pass Me By"" and the album's title track. Mr. Pine Mr. Pine are a Canadian psychedelic folk band formed in 2003 from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band's music combines elements of acid folk, classical music, pop, and several kinds"
"The Courtneys The Courtneys is a Canadian indie rock band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2010. The band is composed of Sydney Koke (bass, vocals), Courtney Loove (guitar, vocals), and Jen Twynn Payne (drums, lead vocals). Sydney Koke and Jen Twynn Payne met in their hometown of Calgary, Alberta in 2007. After becoming housemates, Twynn Payne began learning to play drums with then-boyfriend Patrick Flegel. Koke was impressed with her abilities and suggested they start a band, which became Puberty, a post-punk group with guitarist Nicole Brunel. Puberty disbanded when Koke enrolled in a neuroscience PhD program at Duke"
"in music, producing local artists and playing on a John Peel session. He also briefly played with Sid Griffin's band the Coal Porters. Finney later turned down offers in 2003 and 2006 to work with U.S. producers Ted Pearlman and Tommy Marolda, due to his lifelong medical condition of agoraphobia. Finney has written orchestral pieces used on the History Channel and contributed tracks to video games, including Niall Ferguson's and Muzzy Lane's . In May 2017 Finney formed The Coralaines with Drummer & Ukuleleist Elaine Kinsella and multi-instrumentalist songwriter Meike Holzmann. Ian Finney Ian Finney is an English guitarist, multi-instrumentalist"
"Phillips is now based in South London after three and a half years living in Andalusia, Spain. Albums Lineup Magical Realism The music of Oriole has on occasion been associated with magical realist literature. Phillips has also played and recorded with: Discography Jonny Phillips (musician) Jonny Phillips (born 11 January 1971, in Kendal, Cumbria, England) is an English jazz guitarist and composer. He played the violin and studied theory from the age of five, however he swapped to guitar at fifteen to study jazz, Brazilian and African music. After his studies at Newcastle College of Music, Phillips moved to London"
"Courtney Johnson (musician) Courtney Johnson (December 20, 1939 – June 6, 1996) was an American banjo player, best known for his work as an original member of the band New Grass Revival. Influenced by Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys, Johnson is often considered to be an inventor of the newgrass style of banjo playing, polished and improved later on by such personalities as Béla Fleck, Alison Brown, Scott Vestal of Sam Bush Band and Jens Krüger of Kruger Brothers. Johnson began to play guitar at the age of seven, but didn't pick up the banjo until he was"
"death Glen married well-known jazz musician and record producer Jack Varney, one of the original members of the Graeme Bell Jazz Band, which was the first Australian jazz band to achieve international renown. The piano music written by Carter-Varney is contemporary and melodious in style with lush harmonic structure. Many of the pieces are reflective of the Australian bush birds and animals. The Artamidae, one of her most popular recital pieces has been written around the songs of three little butcher birds who were singing in the tree tops in her garden. Art has been an inspiration for much of"
"In The Sunshine (2012) - Piney did a rendition of I’m Letting In The Sunshine which was featured on the TV series “Hit & Miss” starring Chloe Sevigney. This usage won Piney a Music and Sound Award (both UK and International Awards) for best TV sync. This song was also used in the closing credits of feature film “Nina Forever” which premièred at SXSW in 2015. Piney Gir Piney Gir (pronounced ""gear""), often shortened to Piney, is an American musician and singer, born in Kansas but based in London, England since 1998. She has released six studio albums. Piney's musical"
"Mr. Pine Mr. Pine are a Canadian psychedelic folk band formed in 2003 from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band's music combines elements of acid folk, classical music, pop, and several kinds of roots music, especially British folk music. The band was formed in 2003 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by Matt McLennan and Kevin Scott. A friendship had formed between the two gentlemen after they discovered they had mutual acquaintances in the Winnipeg music scene. Matt had been involved in bands since being in high school, and the one with the most longevity was Cone Five who were a kind of noise-pop"