Results for "Cryptogramophone"
Oceans of Vows

Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2017
Track listing: CD1: The Tree of Enlightenment; A Flash of Lightning; The Voice of the Buddha;
The Old Mendicant; We Will Be Back Again. CD2: The Flower Bank World; The
Incalculable; Mahamaya; Interbeing; The Ten Great Aspirations of Samantabhadra
Bodhisattva.
Oceans of Vows

Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2017
Track listing:
CD 1: The Tree of Enlightenment; A Flash of Lightning; The Voice of the Buddha; The Old Mendicant; We Will Be Back Again.
CD 2: The Flower Bank World; The Incalculable; Mahamaya; Interbeing; The Ten Great Aspirations of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
John Kelman's Best Releases of 2017

For those who may have noticed, there have been no best of lists coming from yours truly since 2014; sadly, the chronic health problem that has reduced my previous writing pace to a crawl continues without much respite. My best of the year lists have always been predicated upon having reviewed the releases chosen, and with ...
Alex Cline's Flower Garland Orchestra: Oceans of Vows

Un lavoro singolare e affascinante. Grazie a un finanziamento della Shifting Foundation Alex Cline ha scritto e registrato un'ambiziosa suite, che si presenta in un doppio compact di raffinata eleganza. Due ore di musica ispirate all'Avatamsaka Sutra (in inglese Flower Garland Sutra), uno dei massimi testi della tradizione buddhista e a versi del monaco vietnamita Thich ...
Alex Cline's Flower Garland Orchestra: Oceans of Vows

Despite being a key participant in the Left Coast" scene of more avant-leaning music from the American west coast--in particular, part of the Cryptogramophone imprint that, while less active than in its glory days" during the first years of the new millennium--Alex Cline releases so infrequently as a leader that any new music from the percussionist/composer ...
Ruth Price: LA's Jazz Jewel Keeping the Jazz Bakery Alive

The LA jazz scene has endured immeasurably painful blows over the years, from the post-World War II death of the once vibrant action on Central Ave (unequivocably among jazz history's most significant locales) to the more recent shuttering of memorable clubs like Shelly's Manne Hole, Donte's and, most recently, Charlie Os. Intrepid jazz entrepreneur Rocco Somazzi ...
Open Source
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2012
Track listing:
01. 40 Lashes (With Mascara); 02. From a Rainy Night; 03. Seashells and Balloons; 04. Prelude to a Bite; 05. Things Past; 06. Joy of a Toy; 07. Open Source.
Jeff Gauthier Goatette: Open Source

Il Goatette di Jeff Gauthier è una delle formazioni più interessanti che operano nella West Coast americana, spostandosi senza soluzione di continuità fra un jazz molto spiritato e il rock progressivo più denso. Una sorta di Mahavishnu Orchestra diretta dal violinista invece che dal chitarrista. Rispetto alle prove precedenti abbiamo l'inserimento della tromba di John Fumo, ...
The Veil

Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2011
Track listing: Railroaded; Impairment Posse; Momento; The Barbarella Syndrome; The Dawn of the Lawn; Rescue Her; The Veil; Tiny Moment (part 1); Tiny Moment (part 2).
Dirty Baby
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2011
Track listing:
CD 1:
Dirty Baby: Part I; Dirty Baby: Part II; Dirty Baby: Part III; Dirty
Baby: Part IV; Dirty Baby: Part V; Dirty Baby: Part VI.
CD 2:
In God We Trust; Hi There, My Old Friend; If I Was You I'd Do Just
Like I Told You To Do; Do As I Say Or...; No Mercy; Do As Told Or
Suffer; Agree To Our Terms Or Prepare Yourself For A Blast Furnace;
Your A Dead Man;Hey You Want To Sleep With The Fishes?; A
Columbian Necklace For You; Note We Have Already Got Rid Of Several
Like You--One Was Found In The River Just Recently; Be Cautious Else
We Be Bangin On You; You Wont Know When You Wont Know Where
You Wont Know Who You Wont Know Why; Its Payback Time; I'm
Going To Leave More Notes And I'm Going To Kick More Ass; You
Cross Me I Wanna See Blood; I Heard You Moved To Pahrump, Nevada-
-You Cannot Escape; Little Snitches Like You End Up In Dumpsters All
Across Town; I'm Getting Out Soon And I Haven;t Forgot Your
Testimony Put Me In Here; You Talk You Get Killed; Don't Let The
Information Be Known To Any Person Or You Die: Don't Threaten Me
With Your Threats; I Might Just Act Ugly If You Talk; When I'm Released
I'm Smoking A Straight Line To You. Got Me?; Want To Get To Know
My Boiling Point?; You Dirty Rotten Bitch; You Will Eat Hot Lead; I
Can't take It No More; I Might Just Act Ugly If You Get Up On That
Stand And Say Something Unpleasant To My Ears; I Thought I Told You
That We Won't Stop; I Will Wipe You Off The Face Of This Earth; Give
Up The Gold Or give Up Your Life; You And I Are In Disagreement.