Toys (Uri Caine album)

Toys
Studio album by Uri Caine
Released	1996
Recorded	February & March 1995
Studio	Power Station, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	68:58
Label	JMT JMT 514 022-2
Producer	Stefan Winter
Uri Caine chronology
Sphere Music (1995) Toys (1996) Urlicht / Primal Light (1997)

Toys is the second album by pianist Uri Caine featuring four compositions by Herbie Hancock which was first released on the JMT label in 1995. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
All About Jazz	[3]
Tom Hull	A− [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

In her review for Allmusic, Heather Phares said "Toys continues Uri Caine's integration of disparate styles into jazz... his technical brilliance and mercurial style shine". ^[2] Writing for All About Jazz, Robert R. Calder said "neither the most spontaneous nor always the most profound. Technical accomplishment it does have in spades, however". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Uri Caine except as indicated

1. "Time Will Tell" - 7:54
2. "The Prisoner" (Herbie Hancock) - 10:39
3. "Herbal Blue" - 5:47
4. "Or Truth?" - 7:22
5. "Yellow Stars in Heaven" - 9:05
6. "Over & Out" - 7:53
7. "Dolphin Dance" (Hancock) - 2:06
8. "Toys" (Hancock) - 7:26
9. "Cantaloupe Island" (Hancock) - 4:40
10. "Woodpecker" - 4:25
11. "I'm Meshugah for My Sugah (And My Sugah's Meshugah for Me)" - 1:41

Personnel

• Uri Caine - piano
• Dave Douglas - trumpet
• Don Byron - bass clarinet
• Josh Roseman - trombone
• Gary Thomas - tenor saxophone, flute
• Dave Holland - bass
• Ralph Peterson, Jr., - drums
• Don Alias - percussion

References

1. Uri Caine discography, accessed September 2, 2014
2. Phares, Heather. Uri Caine – Toys > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 2, 2014.
3. Calder, Robert R. (January 24, 2006). "Uri Caine: Toys". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
4. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Uri Caine". Tom Hull . Retrieved July 17, 2020.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 216. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.