Uri Caine
Born June 8, 1956
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres Jazz, classical
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Piano
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Uri Caine (born June 8, 1956, Philadelphia, United States) is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer.
The son of Burton Caine, a professor at Temple Law School, Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer at 12. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he came under the tutelage of George Crumb. He also gained a greater familiarity with classical music in this period and worked at clubs in Philadelphia.
Caine played professionally after 1981, and by 1985 had his recording debut with the Rochester-Gerald Veasley band. In the 1980s, he moved to New York City, where he continues to live. His solo recording debut was in 1992. He also appeared on a klezmer album (Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz, 1993 and other recordings with modern jazz musicians Don Byron and Dave Douglas, among many others.
Caine has recorded 16 mostly classical albums. His 1997 jazz tribute to Gustav Mahler received an award from the German Mahler Society, while outraging some jury members. Caine has also reworked Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, as well as music by Wagner, Schumann and Mozart.
In 2009, Caine was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Classical Crossover Album for his work “The Othello Syndrome”, re-imagining the Verdi opera Otello as a modern piece featuring soul singer Bunny Sigler.
He was Composer-in-Residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra from 2005-2009. He became a United States Artists Fellow in 2010. He was Composer-in-Residence at Mannes College for 2013–2014 .
Discography
As leader/co-leader
Sphere Music (JMT, 1992)
Toys (JMT, 1995)
Urlicht / Primal Light (Winter & Winter, 1997)
Wagner e Venezia (Winter & Winter, 1997)
Blue Wail (Winter & Winter, 1999)
The Sidewalks of New York: Tin Pan Alley (Winter & Winter, 1999)
Gustav Mahler in Toblach (Winter & Winter, 1999)
Love Fugue: Robert Schumann (Winter & Winter, 2000)
The Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter, 2000)
The Philadelphia Experiment (Ropeadope, 2001) with Questlove and Christian McBride
Bedrock 3 (Winter & Winter, 2001) – with Tim Lefebvre and Zach Danziger
Solitaire (Winter & Winter, 2001)
Rio (Winter & Winter, 2001)
Diabelli Variations (Winter & Winter, 2002) with Concerto Köln
Gustav Mahler: Dark Flame (Winter & Winter, 2003)
Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter, 2004)
Shelf-Life (Winter & Winter, 2005) – with Bedrock (Tim Lefebvre and Zach Danziger)
Things (Blue Note, 2006) – with Paolo Fresu
Uri Caine Ensemble Plays Mozart (Winter & Winter, 2006)
Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6 (Tzadik, 2006) – composed by John Zorn
The Classical Variations (Winter & Winter, 2007)
Pure Affection (Alessa, 2007) – with Gust Tsilis
The Othello Syndrome (Winter & Winter, 2008)
Secrets (Tzadik, 2009) – with Mark Feldman, Greg Cohen and Joey Baron
Think (Blue Note, 2009) – with Paolo Fresu & Alborada String Quartet
Plastic Temptation (Winter & Winter, 2009) – with Bedrock (Tim Lefebvre and Zach Danziger)
Twelve Caprices (Winter & Winter, 2010) – with Arditti String Quartet
Siren (Winter & Winter, 2011)
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Forma Antiqva with Uri Caine and Theo Bleckmann (Winter & Winter, 2012)
Sonic Boom (816, 2012) – with Han Bennink
Rhapsody in Blue (Winter & Winter, 2013)
Callithump (Winter & Winter, 2014)
Present Joys (Greenleaf, 2014) – with Dave Douglas
Two Minuettos (Tŭk, 2017) – with Paolo Fresu
As sideman
With Dave Douglas
In Our Lifetime (New World, 1995)
Stargazer (Arabesque, 1997)
Soul on Soul (RCA, 2000)
The Infinite (RCA, 2001)
Strange Liberation (Bluebird, 2004)
Meaning and Mystery (Greenleaf, 2006)
Live at the Jazz Standard (Greenleaf, 2006)
With Frank London
Nigunim (Tzadik, 1998)
With Zohar
Keter (Knitting Factory, 1999)
With John Zorn
Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik, 2003)
Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6 (Tzadik, 2006)
Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum (Tzadik, 2008)
Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 (Tzadik, 2009) – Masada Quintet featuring Joe Lovano
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