Screwgun Records
Screwgun Records is a jazz record label founded by saxophonist Tim Berne in 1996. Most releases on the label have been by Berne, though some have been by Berne's associates and bandmates. Steve Byram has designed and illustrated the artwork for many of the label's albums.
After attending college in Oregon, Berne moved to New York City in the 1970s to meet saxophonist Julius Hemphill, whose music had inspired him to become a jazz musician. Hemphill became his mentor, giving him saxophone lessons and helping him find his way in the music business. Berne founded Empire Records in the late 1970s to issue own albums. He released five albums, and his work was noticed by Giovanni Bonandrini, an Italian producer who issued Berne's next two albums on Soul Note. Berne signed with Columbia Records in the 1980s, then recorded for JMT Records until it shut down in 1995. Then Berne founded Screwgun to get control of his work again. Screwgun albums were initially distinguished by their brown, cardboard covers decorated with the line drawings of Steve Byram. The unorthodox artwork fit Berne's unorthodox music and business tactics.
Discography
Digital-only Releases
| Year released | Catalogue No. | Artist | Title | Notes |
| 2009 | none | Prezens | Slipped On A Bar | |
| 2017 | none | Tim Berne, Paul Motian, Ed Schuller, Herb Robertson | My First Tour - Live In Brussels | |
| 2020 | none | Tim Berne | Sacred Vowels | |
| 2020 | none | David Torn | Fur | |
| 2020 | none | Tim Berne 7 | Adobe Probe | |
| 2020 | none | Hank Roberts, Tim Berne | Cause And Reflect | Remastered reissue of 1998 release |
| 2020 | none | Broken Shadows | Broken Shadows Live | |
| 2020 | none | Matt Mitchell, Tim Berne | 1 | |
| 2020 | none | Sun Of Goldfinger | Congratulations To You | |
| 2020 | none | Prezens | xForm | |
| 2020 | none | Prezens | Slipped On A Bar | Reissue of 2009 release |
| 2020 | none | Hard Cell | The Cosmos | |
| 2020 | none | Science Friction | +Size | |
| 2021 | none | Hard Cell | Sensitive | |
| 2021 | none | Bloodcount | Attention Spam | |
| 2021 | none | Bloodcount | 5 | |
| 2022 | none | Tim Berne, Nasheet Waits | Tangled | |
| 2022 | none | Sun Of Goldfinger | Ozmir | |
| 2022 | none | Tim Berne, Ryan Ferreira, Michael Formanek, Ches Smith | Decay | |
| 2022 | none | Tim Berne, Gregg Belisle-Chi | Zone One | |
| 2023 | none | The Sunny Four | Mystic | |
| 2024 | none | David Torn, Tom Rainey, Tim Berne, Trevor Dunn | Disco Tent/Ravens Low and Ready 2 | |
| 2024 | none | Science Friction | No Tamales On Wednesday | |
| 2024 | none | Oceans And | Lucid/Still | |
| 2024 | none | Aurora Nealand, Mark Helias, Tim Berne | Live At The 188 Club | |
| 2024 | none | Tim Berne with Bill Frisell | Live In Someplace Nice | |
| 2025 | none | Snakeoil | Snakeoil OK | |
| 2025 | none | Snakeoil | In Lieu Of |