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Dylan Cramer: All Night Long
by C. Michael Bailey
A precise new voice.
I have previously reviewed this very release by Canadian Dylan Cramer. It originally followed up the altoist's Sonny Criss tribute disc The First One (DSM 3016, 1998) and was self-released on his Casa Label. All Night Long is an energetic collection of standards performed by Cramer's exceptional quartet. Cramer, a student of Criss, possesses a tone that is certainly influenced by Criss without being imitative of him. Cramer's tone is dry with a slight vibrato, ...
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by C. Michael Bailey
Altoitis. Canadian Dylan Cramer follows up his Sonny Criss Tribute disc The First One (DSM 3016, 1998) with an energetic collection of standards performed by his exceptional alto-led quartet. A student of Criss, Cramer’s tone is certainly influenced by him without being imitative of it. His tone is dry with a slight vibrato. Cramer is more Johnny Hodges than Charlie Parker, more early Art Pepper than Paul Desmond, and more Sonny Criss than Sonny Stitt.
Deliberate Improvisation. Dylan Cramer plays ...
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