Selected Press for We’re All Improvisers Now:
"Shimo" offers a gorgeous showcase for Crane's intimately textural production and boundary-blurring instrumental style." -under the radar magazine
3 stars - "We're All Improvisers Now refers to Covid's dismantling of easy habits, and the need for jazz-like instincts to keep going." -jazzwise magazine
Picked as one of the top albums of the year - "A fascinating display of ambient jazz, electronic manipulation and sonic gestures, Crane brings guitar, synth, sax, French horn and clarinet to a very distinct, unclassifiable and artistic body of work." -the daily vault music reviews
"We're All Improvisors Now bustles with programmed synthesizer melodies and percussion, recalling classical systems music and the spacy expanses of new age" -shepards express
“Composer of the year 2022” - El Intruso 2022 - 15th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CRITICS POLL! jazztokyo.org
Selected press for work as collaborator:
"Self-Generated Energy Fuels Go-for-Broke Improvisation" (work with Linda May Han Oh) - The New York Times
"The Band merges state-of-the-art jazz protocols with the sound of atmospheric indie-rock, in a way that feels organic and unforced" (work with Aaron Parks’ Little Big) - NPR Music