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Dylan Cramer: All Night Long

by C. Michael Bailey
January 1, 2000

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 ...