Uri Caine's debut, 1992's Sphere Music, introduces his kaleidoscopic take on jazz, coloring it with classical and Yiddish influences. Along with clarinetist Don Byron, Caine rejuvenates Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight" with an ambitious, fluid grace, while the brash "Jelly" hints at his avant-jazz leanings. An eclectic tour through different musical moods and styles, Sphere Music is an engaging, promising first work. ~ by Heather Phares, AMG.
Winter & Winter, 919
064-2, 2005
Digitally Recorded April and
May 1992 at Clinton Studios, New York City
Musicians:
Uri Caine - Piano
Graham Haynes - Cornet (#3,9)
Gary Thomas - Tenor Saxophone
(#3,7,9)
Don Byron - Clarinet (#1,4,6)
Anthony Cox - Acoustic Bass
(#3,5,7-9)
Kenny Davis - Acoustic Bass
(#1,2,6)
Ralph Peterson - Drums
(#1-3,5-9)
Tracks:
1. Mr. B. C. {Uri Caine}
(8:55)
2. This Is A Thing Called
Love {Uri Caine} (7:12)
3. When The Word Is Given
{Uri Caine} (5:20)
4. 'Round Midnight {Hanighen,
Monk, Williams} (4:17)
5. Let Me Count The Ways {Uri
Caine} (6:34)
6. Jelly {Uri Caine} (7:18)
7. Just In Time {Adolph
Green, Jule Styne} (7:50)
8. We See {Thelonious Monk}
(8:03)
9. Jan Fan {Uri Caine}
(10:09)
Total Time: 65:43
Credits:
Producer - Uri Caine
Executive-Producer - Hiroshi
Itsuno
Engineer - David Baker
Mixing, Mastering &
Remastering - Adrian Von Ripka
Editing - Bob Ward
Design - Stephen Byram, Günter
Mattei
Photography - Robert Lewis, Jan
Galperin
