Jeff Gauthier’s unique perspective
July 25th, 2008by Tom Chandler
Violinist Jeff Gauthier has long established himself as an active member of the West Coast improvising music scene, but he truly came into his own when he decided to start his own record label. Wanting an outlet to release his music and that of his friends, Gauthier has built Cryptogramophone into a kind of ideal jazz record label: beautiful packaging, warmly recorded, a string of incredibly strong releases, including discs by Nels Cline, Jenny Scheinman, Bennie Maupin, Scott Amendola, Ben Goldberg, and Myra Melford as well as his own Jeff Gauthier Goatette. Despite his day job running the label and producing as well as playing orchestral sessions in Los Angeles (he claims to have played on most of the Star Trek soundtracks), when you listen to Gauthier play, it’s clear where his heart really lies. Read more…