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1996 studio album by Uri Caine
Toys
Studio album by Uri Caine
Released1996
RecordedFebruary & March 1995
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenreJazz
Length68:58
LabelJMT JMT 514 022-2
ProducerStefan 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
All About Jazz
Tom HullA−
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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". 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".

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. ^ Phares, Heather. Uri Caine – Toys > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  3. ^ 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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