Tommy Crane
In 2017 Crane was commissioned by the Lincoln Center, NY, to create a multimedia piece titled Preservation in collaboration with filmmaker Tracy Maurice. Crane's composition was performed live and released as a full-length album in 2019. In addition to Crane, the recording features performances by Colin Killalea (Albert Hammond Jr.), Eliot Krimsky (Here we go magic), and Greg Chudzik (Steve Reich).
In 2017/2018, Crane toured extensively with Melissa Aldana and recorded the Grammy Nominated album Visions with the band. Crane is also a core member of Aaron Parks's Little Big (whom he met and befriended at a jazz camp in NYC when they were both 15 years old). They've recorded two albums together. Crane also taught improvisational ensembles at the Accademia Nazionale del Jazz - Siena Jazz in Italy (2019-2020). He contributes original compositions to various WNYC and NPR podcasts and is also a Sunhouse artist.
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- Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man by Pat Youngspiel
- Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man by Mike Jurkovic
- Visions by Serena Antinucci
- Visions by Friedrich Kunzmann
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La Madrina
From: VisionsBy Tommy Crane