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Solitaire (Uri Caine album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Solitaire

| type = Studio

| artist = Uri Caine

| cover = Solitaire (Uri Caine album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 2001

| recorded = November 22 & 23, 2000
Schloss Elmau, Germany

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 68:16

| label = Winter & Winter 910 075-2

| producer = Stefan Winter

| chronology = Uri Caine

| prev_title = Bedrock 3

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Rio

| next_year = 2001

}}

Solitaire is a 2001 solo album by pianist Uri Caine. It was released on the Winter & Winter label.[http://www.uricaine.com/ Uri Caine discography], accessed September 9, 2014

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=217}}

| rev3 = Tom Hull

| rev3score = B{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Uri Caine |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=uri+caine | publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=17 July 2020}}

}}

In his review for AllMusic, David R. Adler notes that "Solitaire, the first solo piano album by Uri Caine, is a tour de force… Here, with nothing but 88 keys to work with, he makes music as electrifying as anything in his catalog".{{allMusic|first=David R.|last=Adler|class=album|title=Uri Caine – Solitaire > Review|id=mw0000219120|accessdate=September 9, 2014}} On All About Jazz C. Michael Bailey said "The music is a bit indescribable, as its depth and breath are immense. Suffice it to say that the recording is a bit like an {{sic|Avant Guard}} Classical recital where the performer has a stream-of-consciousness conversation with the instrument and we, the audience, are eaves-dropping".{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/solitaire-uri-caine-winter-and-winter-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php|title=Uri Caine: Solitaire|publisher=allaboutjazz.com|last=Bailey|first=C. Michael|date=2002-09-01|accessdate=2014-09-09}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Uri Caine unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Say It in French" - 3:23
  2. "As I Am" - 3:27
  3. "Roll On" - 5:19
  4. "Sonia Said" - 4:51
  5. "Beartoes" - 4:53
  6. "Inhaling You" - 4:09
  7. "Hamsin" - 4:20
  8. "Solitaire" - 5:22
  9. "The Call" - 6:20
  10. "Snort" - 3:52
  11. "All the Way" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:15
  12. "Twelve" - 3:53
  13. "Blackbird" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 6:03
  14. "Anaconda" - 5:35
  15. "Country Life" - 2:25

Personnel

References

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Category:Solo piano jazz albums

Category:Winter & Winter Records albums

Category:Uri Caine albums

Category:2001 albums