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
Source	Rating
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

• 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

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.