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Tin Pan Alley: The Sidewalks of New York
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"This latest effort from Philly native Uri Caine, one of the most inventive and surprising composers and arrangers around, is yet another masterpiece. A complete departure from Caine's previous examinations of the classical music of Mahler and Wagner as well as his jazz trio, The Sidewalks of New York places the compositions of Tin Pan Alley-era masters George M. Cohan, Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, Irving Berlin, W.C. Handy and other less-famous songwriters in the midst of an aural re-creation of the era. Caine mixes ambient sounds, interviews and crowd noises with 11 vocalists and an all-star orchestra of jazz musicians, including Don Byron, Dave Douglas, Ralph Alessi, Mark Feldman, Josh Roseman and Bob Stewart. In the process, he craftily contrasts period-style singing with the more modern playing of the instrumentalists, fashioning a richly textured and faithful homage to the music of the turn of the century--one that also looks forward to the turn of the next. ****" --Russell Woessner, Philadelphia Weekly
"'East Side, West Side.....' - ITG Editor Phil Stewart alerted me to a nifty new imported CD by jazz pianist Uri Caine and features clarinetist Don Byron. The Sidewalks of New York (Winter & Winter 910038) is a 78 minute aural musical tour of New York and Tin Pan Alley. More ragtime than jazz and featuring more than adequate versions of comic songs of the period ('Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars', 'Nobody'), it's a most unusual trip. You want unusual? How about 'Take Me Out To The Ball Game' sung in Yiddish? Philadelphia jazz vocalist Barbara Walker belts out Sophie Tucker's classic 'Some Of These Days' in both a rehearsal and finished version - and after the 10 minute length you'll definitely know the lyrics. Instrumentals include W.C. Handy's 'Memphis Blues' and Eubie Blake's 'Charleston Rag' played by a band composed of Caine's friends.
"The sound engineer deserves special mention. This is a CD best enjoyed with headphones. Many of the songs are performed with a crowd gathered round and you can hear the voices and dialects throughout each piece. This can be both atmospheric and annoying. I found myself looking outside the room or down the street to see where the street noise was coming from, only to realize it is in the recording. And listening to 'Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee' is enhanced by the train which approaches from your right ear (or is it the left?). But a few times I wanted to tell the crowd to be quiet!
"The packaging is first class. The CD is enclosed in a small hardbound book with 14 pages of nifty period photos of New York scenes from the turn of the century. There are no liner notes. Though produced in Germany, the CD has been imported by Allegro Imports and is available at most major record stores. A brief survey found that most stores file it in the 'Jazz' section under the artist 'Uri Caine'. A fun disc and well worth searching out." - Steve Ramm, Anything Phonographic, In The Groove Magazine |
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Ralph Alessi (trumpet); Don Byron (clarinet); Uri Caine (upright and grand piano); Dominic Cortese (accordion, vocals); Eddy Davis (banjo); Bob DeBellis (flute); Dave Douglas (trumpet); Mark Feldman (violin); James Genus (bass); Ben Perowsky (drums); Josh Rosewoman (trombone); Bob Stewart (tuba); Sadiq Bey (vocals) |
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