Callithump is a solo album by pianist Uri Caine which was released in February 2014 on the Winter & Winter label.Winter & Winter website, accessed November 25, 2014Uri Caine website , accessed November 25, 2014
Reception
Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, John Shand observed "the American prefers to remind us of the wonder of the piano being equally capable of a delicacy so diaphanous that it rivals a harp. Meanwhile its phenomenal range and harmonic and dynamic potential make it the solo instrument par excellence... This direct-to-two-track analogue recording captures all the dynamism of his solo playing. It seduces with what ABC Classic FM would call "swoon" music, dazzles with invention and bullies with 88-note cyclones". PopMatters' Will Layman stated "Callithump is both atypically normal and classic Caine... the stylistic range and sense of genre is massive, all-engulfing. And fantastic... Ultimately, you come to the end of Callithump exhilarated with the possibilities of a piano, a man, a space".
Track listing All compositions by Uri Caine "Callithump" - 3:35 "Sepharad" - 7:02 "Map of the Heart" - 4:30 "Greasy" - 4:25 "The Magic of Her Nearness" - 6:15 "Chanson de Johnson" - 3:27 "Bow Bridge" - 4:12 "Everything Is Bullshit" - 3:54 "Raindrop Prelude" - 5:28 "Perving Berlin" - 5:33 "Dotted Eyes" - 4:48
Personnel Uri Caine - piano
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