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Dylan Cramer: All Night Long

Read "All Night Long" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 2002

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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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 ...