Uri Caine (born June 8, 1956) is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer from Philadelphia. The son of Burton Caine (1928-2023), a professor at Temple Law School, and poet Shulamith Wechter Caine, Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer at 12. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he came under the tutelage of George Crumb. He also gained a greater familiarity with classical music in this period and... meer
