Uri Caine

The Profile

Uri Caine is an American pianist and composer from Philadelphia known for fusing jazz improvisation with classical repertoire and klezmer traditions. Celebrated for bold reimaginings of Bach, Mahler, Beethoven, Wagner, and Schumann, he records widely for Winter & Winter and has collaborated with John Zorn on the Masada ‘Book of Angels’.

American pianist-composer; Philadelphia-born; key releases on Winter & Winter and Tzadik; acclaimed reinterpretations of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and multiple Mahler projects; collaborator in John Zorn’s Masada Book Two.

Four DeBaser reviews chart Uri Caine’s high-wire blend of jazz, classical, and klezmer. Highlights include his fearless Bach (Goldberg Variations), Mahler projects (Dark Flame; Toblach), Zorn’s Masada book (Moloch Vol. 6), and a 2004 solo concert bursting with quotations. The consensus: audacious, virtuosic, and restlessly inventive.