# Cryptogramophone Records

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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Cryptogramophone Records
| image       = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" -->
| image_size  = <!-- size -->
| parent      = <!-- parent company, such as "[Warner Music Group](/source/Warner_Music_Group)" -->
| founded     = {{start date|1998}}
| founder     = Jeff Gauthier
| distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or <br /> -->
| genre       = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| country     = U.S.
| location    = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles)
| url         = {{URL|www.cryptogramophone.org}}
}}

'''Cryptogramophone Records''' is a [jazz](/source/jazz) record label  formed in 1998 by violinist Jeff Gauthier to document the music of his friend, [Eric von Essen](/source/Eric_von_Essen).<ref>{{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](/source/PopMatters) |language=en-US}}</ref>

Cryptogramophone has released albums by such West Coast musicians as guitarist [Nels Cline](/source/Nels_Cline), drummer [Alex Cline](/source/Alex_Cline), bassists [Darek Oles](/source/Darek_Oleszkiewicz) and Steuart Liebig, drummer [Scott Amendola](/source/Scott_Amendola), guitarist [G. E. Stinson](/source/G._E._Stinson), trombonist Scot Ray, pianist [Don Preston](/source/Don_Preston) and Gauthier himself. In addition, Cryptogramophone has recorded New York City musicians [Mark Dresser](/source/Mark_Dresser) and [Erik Friedlander](/source/Erik_Friedlander).

== Discography ==
{| align="center" | class="wikitable sortable" | bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|-
!  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](/source/Alex_Cline) Ensemble
|''Sparks Fly Upward''
|1999
|
|-
|CG103
|Various Artists
|''The Music of Eric von Essen I''
|2000
|
|-
|CG104
|[Mark Dresser](/source/Mark_Dresser) & [Frances-Marie Uitti](/source/Frances-Marie_Uitti)
|''Sonomondo'' 
|2000
|
|-
|CG105
|[Nels Cline](/source/Nels_Cline)
|''[The Inkling](/source/The_Inkling)''
|2000
|
|-
|CG106
|Alex Cline, Jeff Gauthier & [G. E. Stinson](/source/G._E._Stinson)
|''The Other Shore''
|2000
|
|-
|CG107
|[Don Preston](/source/Don_Preston)
|''[Transformation](/source/Transformation_(Don_Preston_album))''
|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](/source/Jeff_Gauthier) Goatette
|''Mask''
|2002
|
|-
|CG113
|[The Nels Cline Singers](/source/The_Nels_Cline_Singers)
|''[Instrumentals](/source/Instrumentals_(Nels_Cline_Singers_album))''
|2002
|
|-
|CG114
|[Gregg Bendian](/source/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](/source/Scott_Amendola) Band
|''Cry''
|2003
|
|-
|CG117
|Scot Ray
|''Active Vapor Recovery''
|2003
|
|-
|CG118
|[Erik Friedlander](/source/Erik_Friedlander)
|''[Quake](/source/Quake_(album))''
|2003
|
|-
|CG119
|[Darek Oleszkiewicz](/source/Darek_Oleszkiewicz)
|''Like a Dream''
|2004
|
|-
|CG120
|The Nels Cline Singers
|''[The Giant Pin](/source/The_Giant_Pin)''
|2004
|
|-
|CG121
|Alex Cline, [Kaoru](/source/Kaoru_(musician)), [Miya Masaoka](/source/Miya_Masaoka) & G. E. Stinson
|''Cloud Plate''
|2005
|
|-
|CG122
|[Alan Pasqua](/source/Alan_Pasqua)
|''My New Old Friend''
|2005
|
|-
|CG123
|Scott Amendola Band
|''Believe''
|2005
|
|-
|CG124
|Mark Dresser & [Denman Maroney](/source/Denman_Maroney)
|''Time Changes''
|2005
|
|-
|CG125
|[Jenny Scheinman](/source/Jenny_Scheinman)
|''12 Songs''
|2005
|
|-
|CG126
|[Ben Goldberg](/source/Ben_Goldberg)
|''The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact''
|2006
|
|-
|CG127
|Erik Friedlander
|''[Prowl](/source/Prowl_(album))''
|2006
|
|-
|CG128
|Jeff Gauthier Goatette
|''One and the Same''
|2006
|
|-
|CG129
|[Bennie Maupin](/source/Bennie_Maupin) Ensemble
|''[Penumbra](/source/Penumbra_(album))''
|2006
|
|-
|CG130
|Nels Cline
|''[New Monastery](/source/New_Monastery)''
|2006
|
|-
|CG131
|[Myra Melford](/source/Myra_Melford)
|''The Image of Your Body''
|2006
|
|-
|CG132
|David Witham
|''Spinning the Circle''
|2007
|
|-
|CG133
|The Nels Cline Singers
|''[Draw Breath](/source/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](/source/Early_Reflections)''
|2008
|
|-
|CG138
|[Todd Sickafoose](/source/Todd_Sickafoose)
|''Tiny Resistors''
|2008
|
|-
|CG139
|Jeff Gauthier Goatette
|''House of Return''
|2008
|
|-
|CG140
|Alex Cline
|''Continuation''
|2009
|
|-
|CG141
|Nels Cline
|''[Coward](/source/Coward_(Nels_Cline_album))''
|2009
|
|-
|CG142
|Nels Cline
|''[Dirty Baby](/source/Dirty_Baby)''
|2010
|Double CD
|-
|CG143
|The Nels Cline Singers
|''[Initiate](/source/Initiate_(Nels_Cline_Singers_album))''
|2010
|Double CD - Studio and Live Recordings
|-
|CG144
|BB&C ([Tim Berne](/source/Tim_Berne), [Jim Black](/source/Jim_Black) & Nels Cline)
|''[The Veil](/source/The_Veil_(album))''
|2011
|Recorded live at [The Stone](/source/The_Stone_(music_space))
|-
|CG145
|Jeff Gauthier Goatette
|''Open Source''
|2011
|
|-
|CG146
|Alex Cline
|''For People In Sorrow''
|2013
|Live CD & DVD
|-
|CG147
|[The Adorables](/source/Zeena_Parkins)
|''The Adorables''
|2013
|
|-
|CG148
|Alex Cline
|''Oceans of Vows''
|2015
|
|-
|CG149
|Jeff Gauthier and Maggie Parkins
|''The Smudges: Song and Call''
|2022
|
|}

== See also ==
* [List of record labels](/source/List_of_record_labels)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://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]

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