Shelf-Life (album)

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Shelf-Life
Studio album by
Uri Caine
Released2005
RecordedMarch 2004
Magic Shop, New York
GenreJazz
Length60:18
LabelWinter & Winter 910 112-2
ProducerStefan Winter
Uri Caine chronology
Live at the Village Vanguard
(2004) 		Shelf-Life
(2005) 		Things
(2006)

Shelf-Life is an album by the group Bedrock featuring keyboardist Uri Caine with bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Zach Danziger which was released on the Winter & Winter label in 2005.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters[2]
All About Jazz[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

PopMatters correspondent Will Layman said "The sense of parody, exaggeration, and pastiche is dead-on brilliant, at least the first time you hear the disc... The small details of Shelf-Life are utterly worth revisiting. Each time it sounds a bit less jammy and more organized. But it repays the kind of listens it’s hard to give in life—long, hard, sustained listens. If you’ve got the time and the inclination, well—Uri Caine has just the album for you".[2] In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow notes that "This set takes a few listens to sort out, and it will either be loved or hated by jazz listeners, depending on their feelings toward electronic sounds".[5] All About Jazz said "Depending on your personal tastes and breadth of exposure, the rapid and regular shifts in mood, style, and era on Shelf-Life may be energizing or disconcerting—probably a combination of the two. As for me, it all adds up to pure joy, in no small part due to the music's unpredictability. Caine, Danziger, and Lefebvre are not so reckless as to ever lose control, so individual tracks may wander a bit, but they never get lost. And that's absolutely key. Tightness is a virtue".[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Uri Caine, Tim Lefebvre & Zach Danziger except as indicated

  1. "SteakJacket Prelude" – 3:56
  2. "SteakJacket" – 3:17
  3. "Defenestration" – 4:20
  4. "Wolfowitz in Sheep's Clothing" – 5:20
  5. "Blakey" – 3:40
  6. "On the Shelf" (Caine, Lefebvre, Danzinger, Luke Vibert) – 3:27
  7. "Darker Bionic Cue" – 2:59
  8. "Strom's Theremin" – 5:19
  9. "Oder" – 5:04
  10. "Murray" – 3:30
  11. "bE lOOse" (Caine, Lefebvre, Danzinger, Martin Baumgartner) – 2:14
  12. "Watch Out!" – 2:23
  13. "Bauwelklogge (Dedicated to Mel Lang)" – 4:56
  14. "Shish Kabab Franklin" – 4:45
  15. "Interruptus" (Caine, Lefebvre, Danzinger, Baumgartner) – 5:54
  16. "Hello" – 3:59
  17. "Sweat" (Caine, Lefebvre, Danzinger, Bunny Sigler) – 5:00

Personnel[edit]

  • Uri Caine – keyboards
  • Tim Lefebvre – bass, guitar
  • Zach Danziger – drums, percussion
  • Ralph Alessi – trumpet (tracks 4 & 9)
  • Bootsie Barnes – tenor saxophone (tracks 10, 16 & 17)
  • Ruben Gutierrez – clarinet (track 10)
  • nnnj – reconstruction worker (tracks 7 & 11)
  • DJ Olive – electronics (tracks 15 & 16)
  • Bunny Sigler (tracks 17), Barbara Walker (tracks 11 & 17) – vocals
  • Arto Tuncboyaciyan – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 6 & 8)
  • Luke Vibert – production, programming (tracks 6, 13 & 17)
  • Dan Zank – string programming (track 17)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Uri Caine discography, accessed 9 September 2014
  2. ^ a b Layman, W., PopMatters Review, 23 October 2005
  3. ^ a b Staff, AAJ (21 May 2005). "Uri Caine/Bedrock: Shelf-Life". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Yanow, Scott. Uri Caine – Shelf-Life > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
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