''Shelf-Life'' is an album by the group Bedrock featuring keyboardist

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with bassist

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and drummer Zach Danziger which was released on the

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label in 2005.Uri Caine discography
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Reception

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correspondent Will Layman said "The sense of parody, exaggeration, and pastiche is dead-on brilliant, at least the first time you hear the disc... The small details of ''Shelf-Life'' are utterly worth revisiting. Each time it sounds a bit less jammy and more organized. But it repays the kind of listens it’s hard to give in life—long, hard, sustained listens. If you’ve got the time and the inclination, well—Uri Caine has just the album for you".Layman, W.
PopMatters Review
23 October 2005 In his review for

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, Scott Yanow notes that "This set takes a few listens to sort out, and it will either be loved or hated by jazz listeners, depending on their feelings toward electronic sounds".

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said "Depending on your personal tastes and breadth of exposure, the rapid and regular shifts in mood, style, and era on ''Shelf-Life'' may be energizing or disconcerting—probably a combination of the two. As for me, it all adds up to pure joy, in no small part due to the music's unpredictability. Caine, Danziger, and Lefebvre are not so reckless as to ever lose control, so individual tracks may wander a bit, but they never get lost. And that's absolutely key. Tightness is a virtue".

Track listing

''All compositions by Uri Caine, Tim Lefebvre & Zach Danziger except as indicated'' # "SteakJacket Prelude" – 3:56 # "SteakJacket" – 3:17 # "Defenestration" – 4:20 # "Wolfowitz in Sheep's Clothing" – 5:20 # "Blakey" – 3:40 # "On the Shelf" (Caine, Lefebvre, Danzinger, Luke Vibert) – 3:27 # "Darker Bionic Cue" – 2:59 # "Strom's Theremin" – 5:19 # "Oder" – 5:04 # "Murray" – 3:30 # "bE lOOse" (Caine, Lefebvre, Danzinger, Martin Baumgartner) – 2:14 # "Watch Out!" – 2:23 # "Bauwelklogge (Dedicated to Mel Lang)" – 4:56 # "Shish Kabab Franklin" – 4:45 # "Interruptus" (Caine, Lefebvre, Danzinger, Baumgartner) – 5:54 # "Hello" – 3:59 # "Sweat" (Caine, Lefebvre, Danzinger, Bunny Sigler) – 5:00

Personnel

– keyboards *

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, guitar *Zach Danziger – drums, percussion *

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– trumpet (tracks 4 & 9) *

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(tracks 10, 16 & 17) *Ruben Gutierrez –

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(track 10) *nnnj – reconstruction worker (tracks 7 & 11) *

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– electronics (tracks 15 & 16) *

Bunny Sigler Walter "Bunny" Sigler (March 27, 1941 – October 6, 2017) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who did extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and was instrumental in creating th ...

(tracks 17), Barbara Walker (tracks 11 & 17) – vocals *Arto Tuncboyaciyan – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 6 & 8) *

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– production, programming (tracks 6, 13 & 17) *Dan Zank – string programming (track 17)

References

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