Solitaire (Uri Caine album)

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Solitaire
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Studio album by
Released2001
RecordedNovember 22 & 23, 2000
Schloss Elmau, Germany
Genre Jazz
Length68:16
Label Winter & Winter 910 075-2
Producer Stefan Winter
Uri Caine chronology
Bedrock 3
(2001)
Solitaire
(2001)
Rio
(2001)

Solitaire is a 2001 solo album by pianist Uri Caine. It was released on the Winter & Winter label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Tom Hull B [4]

In his review for AllMusic, David R. Adler notes that "Solitaire, the first solo piano album by Uri Caine, is a tour de force… Here, with nothing but 88 keys to work with, he makes music as electrifying as anything in his catalog". [2] On All About Jazz C. Michael Bailey said "The music is a bit indescribable, as its depth and breath are immense. Suffice it to say that the recording is a bit like an Avant Guard[ sic ] Classical recital where the performer has a stream-of-consciousness conversation with the instrument and we, the audience, are eaves-dropping". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Uri Caine unless otherwise indicated.
  1. "Say It in French" - 3:23
  2. "As I Am" - 3:27
  3. "Roll On" - 5:19
  4. "Sonia Said" - 4:51
  5. "Beartoes" - 4:53
  6. "Inhaling You" - 4:09
  7. "Hamsin" - 4:20
  8. "Solitaire" - 5:22
  9. "The Call" - 6:20
  10. "Snort" - 3:52
  11. "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:15
  12. "Twelve" - 3:53
  13. "Blackbird" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 6:03
  14. "Anaconda" - 5:35
  15. "Country Life" - 2:25

Personnel

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References

  1. Uri Caine discography, accessed September 9, 2014
  2. 1 2 Adler, David R.. Uri Caine – Solitaire > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 217. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Uri Caine". Tom Hull . Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. Bailey, C. Michael (2002-09-01). "Uri Caine: Solitaire". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2014-09-09.