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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
This is the first album I heard from Pine. It brought me from the reggae to the jazz, then on to the spiritual in the album: "To the Eyes of the Creators." Closer to Home is the most uplifting of his albums. Courtney Pine is definite one best and most diversed, ever. The "key" is his spirit.
Published on July 16, 1999
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A word of warning to "jazz" fans
This album has British saxophonist Courtney Pine really coasting - smooth & mellow with a predominance of synthesisers & drum programming with no real "blowing" or hard edges. Very, very reminiscent of Kenny G with some synthesised reggae inflections & also some rather schmaltzy vocal work. If you like that sort of thing, fine, but in my humble opinion "smooth" jazz...
Published on March 29, 2008 by David J. Ohanlon
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A word of warning to "jazz" fans, March 29, 2008
This review is from: Closer to Home (Audio CD)
This album has British saxophonist Courtney Pine really coasting - smooth & mellow with a predominance of synthesisers & drum programming with no real "blowing" or hard edges. Very, very reminiscent of Kenny G with some synthesised reggae inflections & also some rather schmaltzy vocal work. If you like that sort of thing, fine, but in my humble opinion "smooth" jazz like this just isn't worth the time or money, given the abundance of truly high quality, inventive jazz available.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, July 16, 1999
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This review is from: Closer to Home (Audio CD)
This is the first album I heard from Pine. It brought me from the reggae to the jazz, then on to the spiritual in the album: "To the Eyes of the Creators." Closer to Home is the most uplifting of his albums. Courtney Pine is definite one best and most diversed, ever. The "key" is his spirit.
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