Uri Caine Mahlerjazz

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Has anyone heard Uri Caine's bizarre re-workings of Mahler? Although arguments could be made about this disgusting bastardisation of great art, I'm in no mood to make them. I think it's great.
I walked into my usual record shop and one of the assistants said "You've got to hear this." He turned up the volume and there it was: the proclamatory horn solo that opens Mahler mighty fifth - and it had never sounded so funny. A lot of bemused faces looked up at that point, not sure whether to laugh or complain. At first it just sounds like the worst interpretation of all time; then you realise that a sort of augmented Jazz band has joined in. When Uri and his band finally reach the colossal central climax of this movement, everything collapses into chaos, every instrument making loud, structureless noises, every customer in the shop laughing hysterically, me reaching into my pockets to see if I have enough money to but this disc (I was just short). Strangely, the melodies have never sounded quite so close to their Jewish roots. The relaxed nature of the jazzy solos seems to have this effect.
Mahler/Jazz/Funk fusion is probably the next big thing.

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Topic - Uri Caine Mahlerjazz - IMD 06:03:02 11/15/02 (6)

Sounds like P.D.Q. Mahler... - gd 10:11:37 11/15/02 (1)

"Mahler Gone Bad" Tuesday Night on Fox - JeffMO 16:06:32 11/16/02 (0)

Re: Uri Caine Mahlerjazz - M. Lucky 09:37:56 11/15/02 (1)

Re: Uri Caine Mahlerjazz - IMD 12:36:23 11/15/02 (0)

Emulation, Appropriation, Abomination or Tribute... - SE 07:05:13 11/15/02 (1)

Re: Emulation, Appropriation, Abomination or Tribute... - IMD 08:08:36 11/15/02 (0)

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