Modern Day Jazz Stories
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{{Infobox album
| name = Modern Day Jazz Stories
| type = studio
| artist = Courtney Pine
| cover =Modern Day Jazz Stories.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1995}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=59|s=03}}
| label = Verve
| producer = Courtney Pine, Eric Calvi
| prev_title = To The Eyes of Creation
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Underground
| next_year = 1997
}}
Modern Day Jazz Stories is a 1995 album by English saxophonist Courtney Pine. The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1996.{{cite news|last=Jaggi|first=Maya|author-link=Maya Jaggi|title=Fusion visionary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2000/sep/30/jazz1|accessdate=5 November 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 September 2000}} The album also helped Pine win a Music of Black Origin Award for best jazz act.
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Courtney Pine; except where noted.
- "Prelude – The Water of Life"
- "The 37th Chamber"
- "Don't 'Xplain" (Billie Holiday)
- "Dah Blessing"
- "In the Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside of You)" (Stanley Clarke)
- "Creation Stepper"
- "After the Damaja"
- "Absolution"
- "Each One (Must) Teach One"
- "The Unknown Warrior (Song for My Forefathers)"
- "I've Known Rivers" (Gary Bartz)
- "Outro – Guiding Light"
- "Prince of Peace"
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