Jazz Articles about Uri Caine

Fran: All' Alba

by AAJ Staff
October 4, 2003

Québécois saxophonist François Carrier cultivates the kind of focused intensity that belies a driving force but does not stray so far out that it loses track of the song form. All' Alba is his fourth studio release, following upon Compassion (Naxos, 2001) with the addition of pianist Uri Caine to his regular trio with bassist Pierre Coté and drummer Michel Lambert. It's a bubbler indeed.

Of the nine pieces on the record, seven are Carrier originals and two ...

Uri Caine with Concerto Koln: Diabelli Variations (after Ludwig Van Beethoven)

by C. Michael Bailey
February 3, 2003

Uri Caine is doing with Western classical music what jazz musicians have always done with Broadway show tunes--reinterpreting them. His work has mostly garnered great success and reception. Thus far, Caine has addressed the music of Bach, Wagner, Schumann, and Mahler. Now we find the brilliant chameleon turning his attention to the Revolutionary from Bonn-- Ludwig van Beethoven.

Specifically, Caine addresses a set of variations the composer wrote based on a waltz conceived by the nineteenth century music ...

Dave Douglas: The Infinite

by AAJ Staff
October 15, 2002

This is a wonderful CD! Once again Dave Douglas scores big. It seems that this talented trumpeter just came out of nowhere and is suddenly upon us like a wild leopard. He deserves all the credit he gets.

I first ran into Dave Douglas at the 1999 Bell Atlantic 2nd Annual Jazz Awards in NYC. Dave Douglas was a new name--taking all the awards! He was standing beside me in the shadows, mumbling to himself how he didn't deserve all ...

Uri Caine/Tim Lefebvre/Zach Danziger: Bedrock

by Phil DiPietro
September 2, 2002

Reviews of this one so far have emphasized, basically, that it's a nice little electric record from a guy known for his incredibly innovative acoustic side. Normally, I'd let it go at that, given that kudos are weighing in at the three to four star range and Uri has, indeed, pulled off some truly innovative, landmark stuff in other fields of endeavor. But I must weigh in on this one my funky friends, because this is a Rhodes rekkid, one ...

Uri Caine: Bedrock

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 2002

The Electric Trio...

Released the same day as Solitaire and Rio, Bedrock is a flip side electric trio recording to 1999's acoustic Blue Wail. Every bit as iconoclastic as Blue Wail, Bedrock is an investigation of rhythms and ideas, electrically presented. Mr. Caine employs the Fender Rhodes electric piano almost exclusively and draws from it all of its celestial charm and bombast. Bassist Tim Lefebvre and Drummer Zach Danzinger join Caine for the festivities with turntablist DJ Logic sliding in ...

Uri Caine: Rio

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 2002

Brazilian Vignettes

Rio shares much in common with two previous Caine recordings, The Sidewalks of New York and Wagner e Venezia . They are all recordings that are to approximate the sounds of the streets in Rio, New York, and Venice, respectively. The Brazilian music presented here is not the plush Bossa one would expect. It is more of an abstract look at the indigenous popular music, that music that might have less appeal in the United States if entrusted ...

Uri Caine: Solitaire

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 2002

The Whole History of Jazz Piano

Released as one-third of a trio of recordings hitting the streets at the same time, Solitaire blows a gale-force wind through Western instrumental music. Equal parts Eric Satie, Marice Ravel, Louie Moreau Gottschalk, Fats Waller, and Cecil Taylor, Solitaire expresses itself as Uri Caine's busy subconscious. This is a recording of vignettes, short piano pieces not unlike Satie's that draw upon a wealth of Classic, Jazz, and historic knowledge. The music rushes the listener ...