Sphere Music

Sphere Music
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
Sphere Music (1993) Toys (1996)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

1. "Mr. B.C." - 8:55
2. "This Is a Thing Called Love" - 7:12
3. "When the Word Is Given" - 5:20
4. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 4:17
5. "Let Me Count the Ways" - 6:34
6. "Jelly" - 7:18
7. "Just in Time" (Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Jule Styne) - 7:50
8. "We See" (Monk) - 8:02
9. "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

1. Uri Caine discography, accessed September 1, 2014
2. Phares, Heather. Uri Caine – Sphere Music > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 1, 2014.
3. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Uri Caine". Tom Hull . Retrieved July 17, 2020.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 216. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.