Cryptogramophone Records

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| name = Cryptogramophone Records

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| founded = {{start date|1998}}

| founder = Jeff Gauthier

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| genre = Jazz

| country = U.S.

| location = Los Angeles

| url = {{URL|www.cryptogramophone.org}}

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Cryptogramophone Records is a jazz record label formed in 1998 by violinist Jeff Gauthier to document the music of his friend, Eric von Essen.{{Cite web |last=Layman |first=Will |date=2007-04-12 |title=The Little Label That Could: An Interview With Cryptogramophone’s Jeff Gauthier, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/the-little-label-that-could-an-interview-with-cryptogramophones-jeff-gauthi-2496182994.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}

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

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style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:8px;"\|Cat. # ! valign="bottom" style="text-align:center; width:200px;"\|Artist ! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:200px;"\|Title ! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:85px;"\|Year of Release ! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:170px;"\|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 \|

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style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:8px;"|Cat. #

! valign="bottom" style="text-align:center; width:200px;"|Artist

! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:200px;"|Title

! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:85px;"|Year of Release

! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:170px;"|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

References

External links

[http://www.cryptogramophone.org/ Official Cryptogramophone site]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20030530134231/http://cryptonight.com/ Cryptonight]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20010718173900/http://www.indiejazz.com/ IndieJazz.com]

Category:American jazz record labels

Category:Record labels established in 1998

Cryptogramophone Records

Discography

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