COURTNEY PINE - Black Notes From The DeepLP)

No musician has embodied the dramatic transformation in the British jazz scene for the last thirty years as Courtney Pine. His debut album,"Journey To The Urge Within" from 1987, was the first serious jazz album ever to reach the British Top 40. For Black Notes From The Deep, Courtney put together a series of like-minded instrumentalists perfectly suited to his fresh and unique approach. With the support of Alec Dankworth on bass, the enviable talented Robert Mitchell on piano, Rod Young's on drums, veteran jazz organizer veteran Ed Bently and the talented guitarist Chris Cobbson, the album flows imaginatively through space and time.