Cryptogramophone Records
Cryptogramophone Records is a Los Angeles-based jazz record label which was formed in 1998 by violinist Jeff Gauthier to document the music of his late friend and musical companion, bassist Eric von Essen. The label has since expanded its vision, currently serving the needs of a community of West Coast creative musicians who are committed to exploring the worlds of improvisation, composition, artistic vision and instrumental technique.
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 Jeff Gauthier himself. In addition, Cryptogramophone has documented the music of Downtown New York artists Mark Dresser and Erik Friedlander.
Cryptogramophone sponsors a weekly concert series in Los Angeles called Cryptonight at the Club Tropical, and an independent jazz retail website called indiejazz.
Discography
| Cat. # | Title | Artist | 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 Oles | 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 | |