Cryptogramophone Records

Cryptogramophone Records
Founded1998 (1998)
FounderJeff Gauthier
GenreJazz
Country of originU.S.
LocationLos Angeles
Official websitewww.cryptogramophone.org

Cryptogramophone Records is a jazz record label formed in 1998 by violinist Jeff Gauthier to document the music of his friend, Eric von Essen.[1]

Cryptogramophone has released albums by such West Coast musicians as guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Alex Cline, bassists Darek Oles and Steuart Liebig, drummer Scott Amendola, guitarist G. E. Stinson, trombonist Scot Ray, pianist Don Preston and Gauthier himself. In addition, Cryptogramophone has recorded New York City musicians Mark Dresser and Erik Friedlander.

Discography

Cat. # Artist Title Year of Release Comments
CG101 Jeanette Wrate & the Northern Lights Ensemble Echoes of a Northern Sky 1999
CG102 Alex Cline Ensemble Sparks Fly Upward 1999
CG103 Various Artists The Music of Eric von Essen I 2000
CG104 Mark Dresser & Frances-Marie Uitti Sonomondo 2000
CG105 Nels Cline The Inkling 2000
CG106 Alex Cline, Jeff Gauthier & G. E. Stinson The Other Shore 2000
CG107 Don Preston Transformation 2001
CG108 Various Artists The Music of Eric von Essen II 2001
CG109 Steuart Liebig Pomegranate 2001
CG110 Alex Cline Ensemble The Constant Flame 2001
CG111 Mark Dresser Trio Aquifer 2002
CG112 Jeff Gauthier Goatette Mask 2002
CG113 The Nels Cline Singers Instrumentals 2002
CG114 Gregg Bendian, Jeff Gauthier, Steaurt Liebig, G. E. Stinson Bone Structure 2003
CG115 Various Artists The Music of Eric von Essen III 2003
CG116 Scott Amendola Band Cry 2003
CG117 Scot Ray Active Vapor Recovery 2003
CG118 Erik Friedlander Quake 2003
CG119 Darek Oleszkiewicz Like a Dream 2004
CG120 The Nels Cline Singers The Giant Pin 2004
CG121 Alex Cline, Kaoru, Miya Masaoka & G. E. Stinson Cloud Plate 2005
CG122 Alan Pasqua My New Old Friend 2005
CG123 Scott Amendola Band Believe 2005
CG124 Mark Dresser & Denman Maroney Time Changes 2005
CG125 Jenny Scheinman 12 Songs 2005
CG126 Ben Goldberg The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact 2006
CG127 Erik Friedlander Prowl 2006
CG128 Jeff Gauthier Goatette One and the Same 2006
CG129 Bennie Maupin Ensemble Penumbra 2006
CG130 Nels Cline New Monastery 2006
CG131 Myra Melford The Image of Your Body 2006
CG132 David Witham Spinning the Circle 2007
CG133 The Nels Cline Singers Draw Breath 2007
CG134 Trio M Big Picture 2007
CG135 Alan Pasqua The Antisocial Club 2007
CG136 Various Artists Cryptogramophone Assemblage 1998-2008: A Ten-Year Retrospective 2008 Double CD & DVD
CG137 Bennie Maupin Quintet Early Reflections 2008
CG138 Todd Sickafoose Tiny Resistors 2008
CG139 Jeff Gauthier Goatette House of Return 2008
CG140 Alex Cline Continuation 2009
CG141 Nels Cline Coward 2009
CG142 Nels Cline Dirty Baby 2010 Double CD
CG143 The Nels Cline Singers Initiate 2010 Double CD - Studio and Live Recordings
CG144 BB&C (Tim Berne, Jim Black & Nels Cline) The Veil 2011 Recorded live at The Stone
CG145 Jeff Gauthier Goatette Open Source 2011
CG146 Alex Cline For People In Sorrow 2013 Live CD & DVD
CG147 The Adorables The Adorables 2013
CG148 Alex Cline Oceans of Vows 2015
CG149 Jeff Gauthier and Maggie Parkins The Smudges: Song and Call 2022

See also

References

  1. ^ Layman, Will (2007-04-12). "The Little Label That Could: An Interview With Cryptogramophone's Jeff Gauthier, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 2024-02-19.