''Callithump'' is a solo album by pianist
Uri Caine which was released in February 2014 on the
Winter & Winter
Winter & Winter is a record label in Munich, Germany that specializes in jazz, classical and improvised music. It was founded by Stefan Winter following the demise of his JMT Records label.
Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by Da ...
label.
Uri Caine website
, accessed November 25, 2014
Reception
Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald
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, John Shand observed "the American prefers to remind us of the wonder of the piano being equally capable of a delicacy so diaphanous that it rivals a harp. Meanwhile its phenomenal range and harmonic and dynamic potential make it the solo instrument par excellence... This direct-to-two-track analogue recording captures all the dynamism of his solo playing. It seduces with what ABC Classic FM
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would call "swoon" music, dazzles with invention and bullies with 88-note cyclones".[ ]PopMatters
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' Will Layman stated "''Callithump'' is both atypically normal and classic Caine... the stylistic range and sense of genre is massive, all-engulfing. And fantastic... Ultimately, you come to the end of ''Callithump'' exhilarated with the possibilities of a piano, a man, a space".[
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Track listing
''All compositions by Uri Caine''
# "Callithump" - 3:35
# "Sepharad" - 7:02
# "Map of the Heart" - 4:30
# "Greasy" - 4:25
# "The Magic of Her Nearness" - 6:15
# "Chanson de Johnson" - 3:27
# "Bow Bridge" - 4:12
# "Everything Is Bullshit" - 3:54
# "Raindrop Prelude" - 5:28
# "Perving Berlin" - 5:33
# "Dotted Eyes" - 4:48
Personnel
* Uri Caine - piano
References
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2014 albums
Solo piano jazz albums
Uri Caine albums
Winter & Winter Records albums