Archives
- 2011.01.17: If Anyone is Still Out There...
- 2010.06.07: Adios, Amigos (UPDATED)
- 2010.06.03: CD REVIEW: The Matt Ritvo Group
- 2010.04.20: THE NELS CLINE SINGERS: An Oral History (4 of 4)
- 2010.04.19: Initial Initiate Intel In!
- 2010.04.13: THE NELS CLINE SINGERS: An Oral History (3 of 4)
- 2010.04.07: THE NELS CLINE SINGERS: An Oral History (2 of 4)
- 2010.04.01: THE NELS CLINE SINGERS: An Oral History (1 of 4)
- 2010.03.29: Happy Birthday, Shrimper
- 2010.03.19: Tribeology
- 2010.03.11: Jazz Bakery to Return?
- 2010.03.08: REST IN TEMPO: Requiem for a Happy Man
- 2010.03.04: Crypto Artists: Oot & Aboot in March
- 2010.02.24: Accordion Crimes
- 2010.02.16: Hunters, Gatherers, Warriors All
- 2010.02.08: Nels Remembers Stacy Rowles
- 2010.02.05: This Weekend: Tom McNalley, Motoko Honda, Ken Rosser
- 2010.02.02: Go: Organic Orchestra Returns to Venice
- 2010.01.29: New DOUBLE Nels Cline Singers CD Info Announced -- Whoo-Hoo!
- 2010.01.28: Rod Poole Tribute on YouTube
- 2010.01.21: Tom McNalley on Haiti
- 2010.01.18: Blogtrollin' for a Rainy Week
- 2010.01.08: Lady, So Long
- 2010.01.05: Nels Looks Forward, Back, Sideways, Gets Dizzy, Almost Passes Out
- 2009.12.19: Happy Holidays from Cryptogramophone Records
- 2009.12.17: Mizz Melford's Multiple Markings
- 2009.12.15: Memphis Slim vs. The Nazis
- 2009.11.30: The Early LPs of L.A.'s Free Jazz Scene
- 2009.11.22: I, Nica
- 2009.11.18: Win A Dream Date with an Evil Genius
- 2009.11.13: (Not Glenn) Beck's Jam with Wilco, Feist et al (UPDATED)
- 2009.11.09: REST IN TEMPO: Stacy Rowles, 1955-2009
- 2009.11.07: ¡Bobby!
- 2009.11.05: Friday at the Museum of Neon Art
- 2009.10.21: Nels' Mug on the Cover of JazzTimes!
- 2009.10.19: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL PHOTOS ARE IN!!!!
- 2009.09.14: ". . . ."
- 2009.09.11: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 DAY TWO: “Release Ourselves Towards the Sky”
- 2009.09.09: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 DAY ONE: A 7-Hour Continuous Jazzgasm
- 2009.09.07: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Bennie Maupin + Eric Dolphy = Happy Labor Day
- 2009.09.06: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Dave Douglas Is Brassed Off!
- 2009.09.04: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Mr. Sharps Essays the Roots
- 2009.09.03: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: The Diversification of Billy Childs
- 2009.09.01: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: On Sunday Afternoons in 1973
- 2009.08.30: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 News #5 (RE-UPDATED)
- 2009.08.28: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 News #4
- 2009.08.27: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Nels Cline's Glourious Bandsterz
- 2009.08.23: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Wayne Horvitz's Weight Music
- 2009.08.22: L.A. Jazz on $10 a Day (UPDATED)
- 2009.08.21: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 News #3 (UPDATED)
- 2009.08.20: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Four Winds
- 2009.08.18: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 News #2
- 2009.08.14: OUR 200th POST
- 2009.08.12: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: The Goldings Variations
- 2009.08.08: If Crypto Was a Gunslinger...
- 2009.08.07: Tonight at the Museum of Neon Art
- 2009.08.06: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 News #1
- 2009.08.04: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Motoko Honda Sounds Like A Crazy Person (UPDATED)
- 2009.08.02: Lily Burk Memorial Announced
- 2009.07.26: We Love You Lily
- 2009.07.22: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Got Monk?
- 2009.07.18: Sky Blue Sky
- 2009.07.17: Crypto (The Song)*
- 2009.07.15: Hot Weather Music
- 2009.07.11: Apparently, We Matter
- 2009.07.03: Happpie Indie Pendants Daye!
- 2009.07.01: This Friday at MONA
- 2009.06.29: ANGEL CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009: Larry Karush's New World Boogie
- 2009.06.24: Music (The Brain)
- 2009.06.20: Mingus Returns from the Dead and Punches Someone
- 2009.06.18: Angel City Jazz Festival 2009 Lineup & Schedule
- 2009.06.16: Obamojai
- 2009.06.11: Son of Blogtrollin'
- 2009.06.10: Blogtrollin'
- 2009.06.03: Friday at MONA
- 2009.05.31: Twinight of the JB's (RE-updated)
- 2009.05.29: If You Knew Harry...
- 2009.05.26: Two Live Clines
- 2009.05.25: Two Live Crews
- 2009.05.20: Stuff That Got By Us (May Edition)
- 2009.05.13: Das Vilco (Das Stream)
- 2009.05.07: SoLA
- 2009.04.30: Glad Tidings from the Great House
- 2009.04.28: Friday at the Museum of Neon Art
- 2009.04.17: Master Classic
- 2009.04.15: InClineations*
- 2009.04.10: Fearless Leader About Town
- 2009.04.07: Bad News from the Bakery (updated)
- 2009.04.03: Tonight at MONA
- 2009.03.30: Bringing It/Swinging It
- 2009.03.28: Another Photo of Cline Bros. Surfaces!
- 2009.03.23: Cryptonights at Yoshi's & REDCAT
- 2009.03.20: A Little Nacht Muzak
- 2009.03.16: A Public Service Announcement from Nels Courtney Cline
- 2009.03.13: How The West Was One
- 2009.03.11: Da Clines of Western Civilization
- 2009.03.09: The Silence
- 2009.03.02: The Cline Boys + Elliott Sharp @ MONA
- 2009.02.15: The Clines on NPR
- 2009.02.12: “A COOL HEAD DOES NOT ALWAYS PREVAIL”: The Downbeast Interview with Nels Cline
- 2009.02.10: C + C Music Factory Now Open For Business
- 2009.02.09: OBLITERATING TIME: The Downbeast Interview with Alex Cline
- 2009.02.03: Cryptonight at MONA
- 2009.01.30: ¡Odds Bodkins!
- 2009.01.22: Crypto Receives No Oscar or Grammy Nods, But...
- 2009.01.20: "Say it plain, that many have died for this day."
- 2009.01.16: Crypto Artists/Friends in Year-end Polls
- 2009.01.14: 6 x 24 = 504
- 2009.01.07: Well, the plecostomus is dead...
- 2009.01.05: Phast Phreddie & Nate The Painter
- 2008.12.19: Da Beast Shuttering For Holidays
- 2008.12.09: Nels Adds His Wisdom to Oxford-American
- 2008.12.04: Crypto/MONA
- 2008.11.27: Happy Thanksgiving from The Crypto Gang
- 2008.11.20: Pianist/Composer Nate Morgan
- 2008.11.19: Nels Joins Frith, Frisell, Belew, Arto in New Book
- 2008.11.17: Initiator of a Revolution: Alex Cline Remembers Mitch Mitchell
- 2008.11.11: The Gathering
- 2008.11.05: Redemption.
- 2008.10.30: The Twin Unavoidability Factor
- 2008.10.20: Hey, Over Here...
- 2008.10.15: El Confundido
- 2008.10.08: Yom Kippur/Columbus Day Stroganoff
- 2008.09.23: T-Sick Adds Dates, Gets Grilled by Rex Butters
- 2008.09.16: Nugglettes
- 2008.09.11: The Eastsiders
- 2008.09.09: Crypto Cleans Up at VMAs
- 2008.09.05: retour de cadavre exquis
- 2008.09.03: Cryptonight at MONA
- 2008.08.29: Rocco Somazzi: The Downbeast Interview
- 2008.08.25: Unsubstantiated Trivia Dept.
- 2008.08.22: Young 'Uns
- 2008.08.20: Propulsion and Lilt
- 2008.08.18: "Jazz bass players rarely hang out together..."
- 2008.08.15: Day-O
- 2008.08.08: Nelsapoppin!
- 2008.08.04: Jesse Sharps: The Downbeast Interview
- 2008.07.30: Tribes
- 2008.07.24: "The Wig"
- 2008.07.22: Tids 'N' Bits
- 2008.07.18: An Open Invitation from Peter Erskine
- 2008.07.03: Happy 4th of July Weekend from Cryptogramophone!
- 2008.06.30: AAJ Grills a Weary Fearless Leader
- 2008.06.28: The Goatette Pilfers the Palmer
- 2008.06.26: See Jeff / Free Chip
- 2008.06.24: REVIEW ROUND-UP: Assemblage, 1998-2008
- 2008.06.20: T-Sick Dishes To Bass Player
- 2008.06.19: JazzTimes Gets the Skinny on Bennie
- 2008.06.18: AAJ Profiles George Klabin
- 2008.06.13: A Rare Brief Great Day in the Park
- 2008.06.10: New Releases From Cryptogramophone
- 2008.06.09: OUR 101st POST
- 2008.06.07: OUR 100th POST: BlahBlahBlahBlahBlah (repeat as necessary)
- 2008.06.03: The Road Runner, 1928-2008
- 2008.06.02: Our Fearless Leader "Returns" To Live Performance
- 2008.05.30: Review Round-Up: Bennie Maupin's Early Reflections
- 2008.05.28: Wanna Write a Jazz Book?
- 2008.05.25: House of Return
- 2008.05.23: Kirk Silsbee (Last Time Around)
- 2008.05.21: (a second helping of) Guest Blogger: Kirk Silsbee
- 2008.05.19: "Guest Blogger": Kirk Silsbee
- 2008.05.13: Of Bird & Bankruptcy
- 2008.05.12: That New CD Smell 2: Semi-Acoustic Boogaloo
- 2008.05.07: Ah, That New CD Smell
- 2008.05.05: Bennie Makes "The Week"; Nels (barely) Makes "Spin"
- 2008.04.28: Reflections on the week that was
- 2008.04.28: Brick Kicks It
- 2008.04.25: Singers Raise the Standard
- 2008.04.24: Opening Night at Jazz Standard
- 2008.04.22: Oh-de-Doo-da Drop Day
- 2008.04.18: L.A. Times ♥♥♥ Crypto
- 2008.04.16: The Tofurky™ Sessions
- 2008.04.14: David Witham Spills His Guts to AAJ
- 2008.04.11: Jazz in the Modern Era
- 2008.04.08: Nels Announces New Dates/Record
- 2008.04.04: Boppin' with Maupin
- 2008.04.03: Desert Island Dozens: Peter Erskine
- 2008.04.01: Crypto Goes Entirely Smooth Jazz*
- 2008.03.27: Crypto Kicks off 10th Anniversary by Re-Invading Manhattan
- 2008.03.25: World Stage Stories Announces Spring 2008 Calendar
- 2008.03.22: Your Brain on Jazz
- 2008.03.21: Recipe for an Austin Hangover
- 2008.03.11: Friday Night Prayer Meeting
- 2008.03.10: "My imagination is beyond the civilization in which we live."
- 2008.03.07: ¡Mas Myra!
- 2008.03.04: Our Fearless Leader Looks Back
- 2008.02.26: Attilio "Teo" Macero, 1926-2008
- 2008.02.24: SNeLs!
- 2008.02.22: Backstage With...Myra Melford
- 2008.02.21: Lunar News
- 2008.02.15: INCOMING!!
- 2008.02.11: Nels Checks In
- 2008.02.08: Shared Vision: Celebrating 25 Years of Open Gate
- 2008.02.06: "Jazz Films Rarely Ever Play..."
- 2008.02.04: Nels Cline: Product Tester....Fashion Icon?
- 2008.01.31: The Tapscott Sessions
- 2008.01.30: Let's Get Found
- 2008.01.28: There Will Be Blood
- 2008.01.16: The Reason I Do What I Do
- 2008.01.15: "...When The Ugly Chord Comes In"
- 2008.01.10: BEST OF 2007: Who Loves Us Baby?
- 2008.01.05: Rainy Hour/Day/Week/Month Nuggets
- 2008.01.02: Ehhhhhh...Is It Over?
- 2007.12.21: Downbeast Going Dark for the Holidays
- 2007.12.18: New Crypto-filthy Issue of Downbeat
- 2007.12.13: The Ikeman Goeth
- 2007.12.12: The Modern Jazz Musician Defined?
- 2007.12.10: That Most Wonderful Time of the Year. . .Sort of
- 2007.12.03: REVIEW ROUND-UP: Alan Pasqua's "The Antisocial Club"
- 2007.11.29: Leimert Park's Own Walk of Fame
- 2007.11.28: Art Pepper Lives Again on YouTube
- 2007.11.26: REVIEW ROUND-UP: Trio M's "Big Picture"
- 2007.11.21: Thanks.
- 2007.11.19: Round 'Em Up!: Some (Limited) Thoughts on "Cote a Cote"
- 2007.11.09: Two New Not-To-Miss Music Docs
- 2007.11.04: Nels' Shirt Featured in No Depression
- 2007.10.29: "Refroidissez Comme Dat": The Getty Gets Jazzy
- 2007.10.27: Our Fearless Leader Reports from the Road
- 2007.10.24: The Art of Being Misunderstood---Do Your Homework
- 2007.10.23: CRYPTO EXCLUSIVE: A Preview of Alan Pasqua's "The Antisocial Club"
- 2007.10.22: Azar! Azar! Azar!
- 2007.10.19: Nels Trifecta: Pitchfork, Rockerilla, "Duo Milano"
- 2007.10.18: World Stage Stories Announces Fall Schedule
- 2007.10.16: CRYPTO EXCLUSIVE: A Preview of Trio M's "Big Picture"
- 2007.10.09: What You Need/Don't Need to Be a (Jazz) Musician
- 2007.10.03: The California Jazz Foundation
- 2007.09.23: Bennie Maupin Sessions - Final Post
- 2007.09.22: Day 3 of Bennie Maupin Recording Session
- 2007.09.21: Bennie Maupin Session Day 2
- 2007.09.20: Maupin in Poland
- 2007.09.19: Happy Birthday Soultrane
- 2007.09.14: We'll give it up for writers...just ask!
- 2007.09.13: Mr. Witham's Wacky Side
- 2007.09.11: Josef Erich Zawinul, 1932-2007
- 2007.09.08: AAJ Essays Crypto & Nels Meets George Benson!
- 2007.08.23: The Downbeat Goes On (The Party Never Ends)
- 2007.08.16: Dog-Day News & The Chicken Pox Blues
- 2007.07.30: Review round-up of David Witham's "Spinning The Circle"
- 2007.07.19: Nels gets more L-U-V from critics, bloggers, your mom...
- 2007.07.09: Nels gets some love via Wilco
- 2007.07.03: Nels discusses Caved-In Heart Blues from Draw Breath
- 2007.06.25: “LIGHT AT NIGHT”: An Exclusive Crypto Interview with David Witham, Pt. 2
- 2007.06.23: Nels Cline From the Road
- 2007.06.20: "MAKIN' A RACKET": An Exclusive Interview with David Witham, Pt. I
- 2007.06.18: A new venue for Cryptonight?
- 2007.06.15: Andrew Hill and Alexandra Montano
- 2007.06.13: Exclusive Preview of David Witham's "Spinning The Circle"
- 2007.06.13: Who's your daddy?
- 2007.06.11: Exclusive Preview of "The Nels Cline Singers Draw Breath"
- 2007.06.09: The last holiday season for CDs?
- 2007.06.06: Why Downbeast?
- 2007.06.05: Welcome to Downbeast.com