Cryptogramophone Records

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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.

[edit] Discography

CG131 Myra Melford: The Image of Your Body (2006)
CG130 Nels Cline: New Monastery: A View Into the Music of Andrew Hill (2006)
CG129 Bennie Maupin Ensemble: Penumbra (2006)
CG128 Jeff Gauthier Goatette: One and the Same (2006)
CG127 Erik Friedlander: Prowl (2006)
CG126 Ben Goldberg: the door, the hat, the chair, the fact (2006)
CG125 Jenny Scheinman: 12 Songs (2005)
CG124 Mark Dresser/Denman Maroney: Time Changes (2005)
CG123 Scott Amendola Band: Believe (2005)
CG122 Alan Pasqua: My New Old Friend (2005)
CG121 Alex Cline/Kaoru/Miya Masaoka/G.E. Stinson: Cloud Plate (2005)
CG120 Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin (2004)
CG119 Darek Oles: Like A Dream (2004)
CG118 Erik Friedlander: Quake (2003)
CG117 Scot Ray: Active Vapor Recovery (2003)
CG116 Scott Amendola Band: Cry (2003)
CG115 various artists: The Music of Eric von Essen III (2003)
CG114 Bendian/Gauthier/Liebig/Stinson: Bone Structure (2003)
CG113 Nels Cline Singers: Instrumentals (2002)
CG112 Jeff Gauthier Goatette: Mask (2002)
CG111 Mark Dresser Trio: Aquifer (2002)
CG110 Alex Cline Ensemble: The Constant Flame (2001)
CG109 Steuart Liebig: Pomegranate (2001)
CG108 various artists: The Music of Eric von Essen II (2001)
CG107 Don Preston: Transformation (2001)
CG106 Cline/Gauthier/Stinson: The Other Shore (2000)
CG105 Nels Cline: The Inkling (2000)
CG104 Mark Dresser/Frances-Marie Uitti: Sonomondo (2000)
CG103 various artists: The Music of Eric von Essen I (2000)
CG102 Alex Cline Ensemble: Sparks Fly Upward (1999)
CG101 Jeanette Wrate/Northern Lights Ensemble: Echoes of a Northern Sky (1999)