Edexcel admits it was wrong to cut British jazz artist Courtney Pine from course

The work of the British jazz artist Courtney Pine is to be swiftly reinstated to A-level music, after an examination board admitted it had been wrong to drop his album from its course and leave its syllabus without any black composers.

The Guardian revealed this month that Edexcel had cut Pine’s compositions from the works in its jazz and popular music category for A-level, while retaining albums by Kate Bush and the Beatles.

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