Toys (Uri Caine album)

1996 studio album by Uri Caine

Toys

Studio album by

Uri Caine

Released| 1996
Recorded| February & March 1995
Studio| 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)

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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

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
All About Jazz| [3]
Tom Hull| A−[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|  [5]

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

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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

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* Uri Caine \- piano
* Dave Douglas \- trumpet
* Don Byron \- bass clarinet
* Josh Roseman \- trombone
* Gary Thomas \- tenor saxophone, flute
* Dave Holland \- bass
* Ralph Peterson, Jr., - drums
* Don Alias \- percussion

## References

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1. ^ Uri Caine discography, accessed September 2, 2014
2. ^ a b Phares, Heather. Uri Caine – Toys > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
3. ^ a b Calder, Robert R. (2006-01-24). "Uri Caine: Toys". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
4. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Uri Caine". Tom Hull. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 216\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums|

* Sphere Music (1992)
* Toys (1995)
* Urlicht / Primal Light (1996)
* Blue Wail (1997)
* The Sidewalks of New York: Tin Pan Alley (1999)
* The Goldberg Variations (2000)
* Love Fugue: Robert Schumann (2000)
* The Philadelphia Experiment (with Questlove and Christian McBride, 2000)
* Solitaire (2000)
* Bedrock 3 (2001)
* Rio (2001)
* Diabelli Variations (2002)
* Gustav Mahler: Dark Flame (2003)
* Shelf-Life (2004)
* Things (2005)
* Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6 (2006)
* The Othello Syndrome (2005-2008)
* Secrets (with Mark Feldman, Greg Cohen, and Joey Baron, 2008)
* Plastic Temptation (2009)
* Rhapsody in Blue (2012)
* Callithump (2012)
* Present Joys (2013)

Live albums|

* Wagner e Venezia (1997)
* Gustav Mahler in Toblach (1998)
* Live at the Village Vanguard (2003)
* Uri Caine Ensemble Plays Mozart (2006)

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