Toys (Uri Caine album)

Toys
Studio album by Uri Caine
Released 1996
Recorded February & March 1995
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
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]

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

References

  1. ↑ Uri Caine discography, accessed September 2, 2014
  2. 1 2 Phares, Heather. Uri Caine – Toys > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Calder, Robert R. (2006-01-24). "Uri Caine: Toys". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
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