Remembering Sonny Criss

by Dylan Cramer

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1.	Saturday Morning 05:28	buy track
2.	I Thought About You 03:52	buy track
3.	The Dreamer 05:50	buy track
4.	The Isle of Celia 05:10	buy track
5.	Ham's Blues 02:44	buy track
6.	Brother Can You Spare a Dime 03:20	buy track
7.	Tin Tin Deo 06:17	buy track
8.	My Ideal 04:39	buy track
9.	Jeannie's Knees 06:45	buy track
10.	The First One 02:25	buy track

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"This recording is about Sonny, because of Sonny, and for Sonny."
Dylan Cramer

2011 marks my 40th year as an alto saxophonist. During that time, I have listened to and appreciated many great artists on the instrument, players such as Charlie Parker, Paul Desmond, and Johnny Hodges. However, without a doubt my biggest influence has been Sonny Criss.
In 1977 I headed down to Los Angeles to meet Sonny. I was very fortunate to become his student for the next eight months. Then, suddenly and tragically, on November 19, 1977, Sonny Criss committed suicide, and, while the jazz world lost one of its most phenomenal players, I lost an idol, a brother, and a friend.
Although it took me a long time to get over Sonny’s death, I decided, some 20 years later, to do a recording in his honor. For the recording I chose five of Sonny’s original compositions along with five other songs he recorded during his prolific career.
He was a brilliant saxophonist, and a kind, honest man, and I will never forget him.
Dylan Cramer

"As did Criss, Cramer plays the alto using clean, vigorous lines, often of breathtaking technical brilliance… Dylan Cramer has a song to sing and knows how to sing it."
Coda Magazine

"Dylan Cramer has absorbed the blues-rich Criss sound into his own appealing style… An engaging set by a fine alto player. Dylan Cramer is a talent worth seeking out."
Jazz 52nd Street

"Cramer sounds the way one might imagine Stan Getz would have sounded if he had swapped his tenor for an alto." Scotland On Sunday

"Dylan Cramer's interpretations are pensive and intriguing throughout… This is good jazz that deserves as much respect as it gives." The Jazz Review

In memory of William Mansfield Turner, better known to the world as Sonny Criss.
1927 - 1977

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released October 30, 2020

Dylan Cramer - alto saxophone
Ron Johnston - piano
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
John Nolan - drums

Recorded on April 7 and 8, 1997 at Blue Wave Studios, Vancouver, Canada.

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Dylan Cramer Vancouver, British Columbia

Dylan Cramer (born January 21, 1958 ), is a Canadian alto saxophonist and jazz musician.
Cramer took up the saxophone at age 13. Four years later he heard a recording of alto sax legend Sonny Criss and was so taken that he traveled to Los Angeles to study with him.
Later he attended the Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, and studied with Phil Sobel, one of L.A.’s finest studio musicians. ... more

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