Tommy Crane : One Isle, One City – A Tribute to Montreal

Interview by Frédéric Cardin
Genres and styles : Ambient / Instrumental / Jazz / Jazz Pop

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Tommy Crane may have grown up in Saint-Louis, then lived in New York, but it is in Montreal that the drummer seems to have really settled down. Proof of this is the album entitled The Isle, which is directly inspired by his adopted city, and for which the drummer, accompanied by his friend David Binney on saxophone (a guy from Los Angeles who loves our metropolis just as much), wrote instrumental pieces with titles such as The Plateau, Lazy Day Jarry, Canal Moms, Snow in Verdun, etc. The two musicians are supported by some of the big names in Montreal’s indie rock-jazz-alt-improv-underground scene: Dave Gossage (flute), Thomas Carbou (guitar), Parker Shper (piano), Levi Dover (bass/double bass). The Isle, although supported by these luminairies of improvisation sometimes ardent, even violently intense, is rather bathed in a soft light and a relaxed, laid-back energy.

READ THE REVIEW OF THE ISLE HERE

It’s a bit because Montreal has a beneficial effect on Crane and his friend Binney. I talked about the album, Montreal, and other things with Tommy Crane. The perfect opportunity to get to know this artist better, who arrived here shortly before the pandemic, settled here permanently, and is already one of the most sought-after artists in the Montreal ecosystem.

Tommy Crane will be with Simon Angell (from Thus Owls) on September 20th, at 180g café.

He will also play the music from his album Dance Music for All Occasions on September 30 at P’tit Ours.

The interview is divided into three parts

Part 1: INTERVIEW Tommy Crane (album: The Isle) – Who is Tommy Crane?

Partie 2 : INTERVIEW Tommy Crane (album : The Isle) – Why The Isle at this moment?

Part 3: INTERVIEW Tommy Crane (album: The Isle) – Evocations of Mtl

Complete interview

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