Sphere Music
1993 studio album by Uri Caine
Sphere Music | ||||
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Studio album by Uri Caine | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | April and May 1992 Clinton Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 65:18 | |||
Label | JMT 514 007 | |||
Producer | Stefan Winter | |||
Uri Caine chronology | ||||
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Sphere Music is the debut album by pianist Uri Caine featuring two compositions by Thelonious Monk which was first released on the JMT label in 1993.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Tom Hull | B+[3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
In her review for Allmusic, Heather Phares said "An eclectic tour through different musical moods and styles, Sphere Music is an engaging, promising first work".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Uri Caine except as indicated
- "Mr. B.C." - 8:55
- "This Is a Thing Called Love" - 7:12
- "When the Word Is Given" - 5:20
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 4:17
- "Let Me Count the Ways" - 6:34
- "Jelly" - 7:18
- "Just in Time" (Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Jule Styne) - 7:50
- "We See" (Monk) - 8:02
- "Jan Fan" - 10:08
Personnel
- Uri Caine - piano
- Graham Haynes - cornet (tracks 3 & 9)
- Don Byron - clarinet (tracks 1, 4 & 6)
- Gary Thomas - tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 7 & 9)
- Anthony Cox (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9), Kenny Davis (tracks 1, 2 & 6) - bass
- Ralph Peterson, Jr., - drums
References
- ^ Uri Caine discography, accessed September 1, 2014
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. Uri Caine – Sphere Music > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Uri Caine". Tom Hull. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Sphere Music (1992)
- Toys (1995)
- Urlicht / Primal Light (1996)
- Blue Wail (1997)
- The Sidewalks of New York: Tin Pan Alley (1999)
- The Goldberg Variations (2000)
- Love Fugue: Robert Schumann (2000)
- The Philadelphia Experiment (with Questlove and Christian McBride, 2000)
- Solitaire (2000)
- Bedrock 3 (2001)
- Rio (2001)
- Diabelli Variations (2002)
- Gustav Mahler: Dark Flame (2003)
- Shelf-Life (2004)
- Things (2005)
- Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6 (2006)
- The Othello Syndrome (2005-2008)
- Secrets (with Mark Feldman, Greg Cohen, and Joey Baron, 2008)
- Plastic Temptation (2009)
- Rhapsody in Blue (2012)
- Callithump (2012)
- Present Joys (2013)
- Wagner e Venezia (1997)
- Gustav Mahler in Toblach (1998)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (2003)
- Uri Caine Ensemble Plays Mozart (2006)