Fort Mason
San Francisco, California

A genre-stretching innovator, Uri Caine has re-imagined and rearranged the music of Bach, Mozart and Mahler. Now Caine and friends do the same for the Hungarian folk music that inspired Béla Bartók and other modern composers, making the songs and sounds totally new, forging fresh and forward jazz.

“Roll over Glenn Gould and tell Gunther Schuller the news. In an era where some still consider the marriage of classical and improv to be little more than an intriguing contrivance, Uri Caine has dreamed up a way to have the two worlds coincide.” –Downbeat

Miklos Lukacs, cimbalon
Chris Speed, clarinet
Joyce Hammann, violin
John Hebert, bass
Jim Black, percussion

Additional Links
Uri Caine - official website
http://www.uricaine.com

Official Website: http://www.performances.org/performances/performances.asp?performanceID=642

Added by ultramundane on September 2, 2007