Courtney Pine: new album and tour
Friday, September 30, 2005
Courtney Pine has a new album scheduled for release in late October/early November with a nationwide tour to follow, including two London Jazz Festival dates at the QEH
The album, Resistance, which is released on his own label, is the saxophonist's tenth and features his regular band including guitarist Cameron Pierre, pianist Chris Jerome, bassist Darren Taylor, drummer Robert Fordjour and percussionist Donald Gamble. The tour dates are: Cheltenham Town Hall (4 Nov); Richmond Theatre (6 Nov); Zodiac, Oxford (10 Nov); The Hexagon, Reading (11 Nov); Colston Hall, Bristol (12 Nov); Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy, S Wales (17 Nov); Turner Sims Hall, Southampton University (18 Nov); QEH, London, 2 shows (19 Nov); Del A Warr Pavillion, Bexhill on Sea (25 Nov); Chichester Festival Theatre (26 Nov); Warrington Parr Hall (30 Nov); Scotland TBC
(1 Dec); Scotland TBC (2 Dec); Scotland TBC (3 Dec); The Sands, Gainsborough (7 Dec); Cambridge Corn Exchange (1 Feb); Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (2 Feb); Jazz CafÅ?, London (3, 4, 5 Feb); Gateshead (7 Feb); Brewery Arts Centre, Kendall (8 Feb); De Montfort Hall, Leicester (9 Feb); The Drum, Birmingham (11 Feb); Roadmenders, Northampton (12 Feb); Cliffs Pavilion, Southend (14 Feb); Colchester Arts Centre (15 Feb); Norwich Playhouse (16 Nov); Leadmill, Sheffield (17 Feb); Manchester TBC (18 Feb); Liverpool Academy2 (19 Feb); Theatre Royal, York (22 Feb); Leeds University (23 Feb); Theatre Royal, Winchester (25 Feb); City Hall, Salisbury (28 Feb); Phoenix, Exeter (4 Mar) and Swan Theatre, High Wycombe (5 Mar).