''Callithump'' is a solo album by pianist
Uri Caine
Uri Caine (born June 8, 1956) is an American classical music, classical and jazz pianist and composer from Philadelphia.
Biography
Early years
Caine was born on June 8, 1956, in Philadelphia, to Burton Caine (1928–2023), a professor at Temple ...
which was released in February 2014 on the
Winter & Winter 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
Uri Caine (born June 8, 1956) is an American classical music, classical and jazz pianist and composer from Philadelphia.
Biography
Early years
Caine was born on June 8, 1956, in Philadelphia, to Burton Caine (1928–2023), a professor at Temple ...
- piano
References
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2014 albums
Solo piano jazz albums
Uri Caine albums
Winter & Winter Records albums