Ms. Wrate is an exceptional drummer. She performs at least one marvel on each track: a simple but effective press roll and hi-hat diminution, judicious and funny cowbell accents, arch polyrhythms etc.
Jazz Times
Cryptogramophone presents artists like Nels Cline, Bennie Maupin, Alex Cline, Jenny Scheinman, Todd Sickafoose, Myra Melford, Zeena Parkins, Mark Dresser, and other musicians who explore the far reaches of artistic vision and instrumental technique. Cryptogramophone is all about creativity, emotion and technique coming together in the moment -- the moment when composition and improvisation meet to create art.