Cryptogramophone is a Los Angeles based record label that presents state of the art recordings of creative jazz, in beautifully designed digipaks. Cryptogramophone was formed in 1998 by violinist/producer Jeff Gauthier, to serve the needs of a community of creative jazz artists committed to exploring the cutting edge of improvisation, composition, artistic vision, emotion, and musical innovation. Some of the artists who perform on Cryptogramophone Records include Scott Amendola, Bobby Bradford, Alex Cline, Nels Cline, Mark Dresser, Erik Friedlander, Bill Frisell, Ben Goldberg, Steuart Liebig, Denman Maroney, Bennie Maupin, Brad Mehldau, Myra Melford, Andrea Parkins, Alan Pasqua, Don Preston, Jenny Scheinman, Cuong Vu, and many others.
Finally, Cryptogramophone owns www.indiejazz.com , an online record store offering quality but hard to find independent jazz and creative music.
Check out Cryptogramophone online at:
Cryptogramophone.com
IndieJazz.com
Amazon.com
Bennie Maupin Quartet
Live in Poland
Nels Cline and Friends play the music of Andrew Hill