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==Discography==
==Discography==
===As leader/co-leader===
===As leader/co-leader===

====Studio albums====
* 1979 ''The Five Year Plan'' (Empire)
* 1979 ''The Five Year Plan'' (Empire)
* 1980 ''7X'' (Empire)
* 1980 ''7X'' (Empire)
* 1981 ''Spectres'' (Empire)
* 1981 ''Spectres'' (Empire)
* 1982 ''[[Songs and Rituals in Real Time]]'' (Empire)
* 1983 ''[[The Ancestors]]'' ([[Soul Note Records|Soul Note]])
* 1983 ''[[The Ancestors]]'' ([[Soul Note Records|Soul Note]])
* 1983 ''Mutant Variations'' (Soul Note)
* 1983 ''Mutant Variations'' (Soul Note)
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* 1993 ''Loose Cannon'' (Soul Note) with [[Michael Formanek]] and [[Jeff Hirshfield]]
* 1993 ''Loose Cannon'' (Soul Note) with [[Michael Formanek]] and [[Jeff Hirshfield]]
* 1994 ''[[Nice View (album)|Nice View]]'' (JMT) with Caos Totale
* 1994 ''[[Nice View (album)|Nice View]]'' (JMT) with Caos Totale
* 1998 ''Ornery People'' (Little Brother) with Michael Formanek
* 1998 ''Cause & Reflect'' (Level Green) with Hank Roberts
* 2001 ''[[The Shell Game (album)|The Shell Game]]'' ([[Thirsty Ear Recordings|Thirsty Ear]]) with [[Craig Taborn]] and Tom Rainey
* 2002 ''[[Science Friction (album)|Science Friction]]'' (Screwgun)
* 2002 ''The Sevens'' ([[New World Records|New World]])
* 2004 ''Souls Saved Hear'' (Thirsty Ear) with Big Satan
* 2005 ''[[Feign (album)|Feign]]'' (Screwgun) with Hard Cell
* 2011 ''Insomnia'' ([[Clean Feed Records|Clean Feed]])
* 2011 ''Old and Unwise'' (Clean Feed) with [[Bruno Chevillon]]
* 2012 ''[[Snakeoil (album)|Snakeoil]]'' ([[ECM Records|ECM]])
* 2013 ''[[Shadow Man (Tim Berne album)|Shadow Man]]'' (ECM) with Snakeoil
* 2015 ''[[You've Been Watching Me]]'' (ECM) with Snakeoil
* 2017 ''[[Incidentals]]'' (ECM) with Snakeoil
* 2018 ''Angel Dusk'' (Screwgun) with Matt Mitchell
* 2020 ''The Fantastic Mrs. 10'' ([[Intakt Records|Intakt]]) with Snakeoil
* 2020 ''Sacred Vowels'' (9donkeys)
* 2022 ''Mars'' (Intakt) with Gregg Belisle-Chi

====Live albums====
* 1982 ''[[Songs and Rituals in Real Time]]'' (Empire)
* 1995 ''[[Inference (album)|Inference]]'' ([[Music & Arts]]) with [[Marilyn Crispell]]
* 1995 ''[[Lowlife: The Paris Concert]]'' (JMT) with Bloodcount
* 1995 ''[[Lowlife: The Paris Concert]]'' (JMT) with Bloodcount
* 1995 ''[[Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert]]'' (JMT) with Bloodcount
* 1995 ''[[Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert]]'' (JMT) with Bloodcount
* 1995 ''[[Memory Select: The Paris Concert]]'' (JMT) with Bloodcount
* 1995 ''[[Memory Select: The Paris Concert]]'' (JMT) with Bloodcount
* 1995 ''[[Inference (album)|Inference]]'' ([[Music & Arts]]) with [[Marilyn Crispell]]
* 1996 ''[[Unwound (Tim Berne album)|Unwound]]'' ([[Screwgun Records|Screwgun]]) with Bloodcount
* 1997 ''[[Unwound (Tim Berne album)|Unwound]]'' ([[Screwgun Records|Screwgun]]) with Bloodcount
* 1997 ''[[Big Satan (album)|Big Satan]]'' ([[Winter & Winter Records|Winter & Winter]]) with [[Marc Ducret]] and [[Tom Rainey]]
* 1997 ''[[Visitation Rites]]'' (Screwgun) with Paraphrase
* 1997 ''[[Visitation Rites]]'' (Screwgun) with Paraphrase
* 1997 ''[[Discretion (album)|Discretion]]'' (Screwgun) with Bloodcount
* 1997 ''[[Discretion (album)|Discretion]]'' (Screwgun) with Bloodcount
* 1997 ''[[Saturation Point (album)|Saturation Point]]'' (Screwgun) with Bloodcount
* 1997 ''[[Saturation Point (album)|Saturation Point]]'' (Screwgun) with Bloodcount
* 1997 ''[[Big Satan (album)|Big Satan]]'' ([[Winter & Winter Records|Winter & Winter]]) with [[Marc Ducret]] and [[Tom Rainey]]
* 1998 ''Ornery People'' (Little Brother) with Michael Formanek
* 1998 ''Cause & Reflect'' (Level Green) with Hank Roberts
* 1999 ''[[Please Advise]]'' (Screwgun) with Paraphrase
* 1999 ''[[Please Advise]]'' (Screwgun) with Paraphrase
* 1999 ''Melquiades'' (Splasc(H)) with Enten Eller
* 1999 ''Ellessi'' (Splasc(H)) with [[Umberto Petrin]]
* 2000 ''Mosaiques'' (Yolk) with Jazzophone Compagnie
* 2001 ''Auto da Fe'' (Splasc(H)) with Enten Eller
* 2001 ''[[The Shell Game (album)|The Shell Game]]'' ([[Thirsty Ear Recordings|Thirsty Ear]]) with [[Craig Taborn]] and Tom Rainey
* 2001 ''[[Open, Coma]]'' (Screwgun) with [[Herb Robertson]], Marc Ducret and the Copenhagen Art Ensemble
* 2001 ''[[Open, Coma]]'' (Screwgun) with [[Herb Robertson]], Marc Ducret and the Copenhagen Art Ensemble
* 2002 ''[[Science Friction (album)|Science Friction]]'' (Screwgun)
* 2002 ''The Sevens'' ([[New World Records|New World]])
* 2003 ''[[The Sublime And]]'' (Thirsty Ear) with Science Friction
* 2003 ''[[The Sublime And]]'' (Thirsty Ear) with Science Friction
* 2004 ''Souls Saved Hear'' (Thirsty Ear) with Big Satan
* 2004 ''[[Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live]]'' (Screwgun)
* 2004 ''[[Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live]]'' (Screwgun)
* 2005 ''[[Feign (album)|Feign]]'' (Screwgun) with Hard Cell
* 2005 ''[[Pre-Emptive Denial]]'' (Screwgun) with Paraphrase
* 2005 ''[[Pre-Emptive Denial]]'' (Screwgun) with Paraphrase
* 2006 ''[[Livein Cognito]]'' (Screwgun) with Big Satan
* 2006 ''[[Livein Cognito]]'' (Screwgun) with Big Satan
* 2007 ''[[Seconds (Tim Berne album)|Seconds]]'' (Screwgun) with Bloodcount
* 2007 ''[[Seconds (Tim Berne album)|Seconds]]'' (Screwgun) with Bloodcount
* 2008 ''Duck'' (Screwgun) with Buffalo Collision
* 2008 ''Duck'' (Screwgun) with Buffalo Collision
* 2011 ''Insomnia'' ([[Clean Feed Records|Clean Feed]])
* 2011 ''Old and Unwise'' (Clean Feed) with [[Bruno Chevillon]]
* 2011 ''[[The Veil (album)|The Veil]]'' ([[Cryptogramophone Records|Cryptogramophone]]) with BB&C
* 2011 ''[[The Veil (album)|The Veil]]'' ([[Cryptogramophone Records|Cryptogramophone]]) with BB&C
* 2011 ''Intollerant'' (Auand) with Mr. Rencore
* 2012 ''[[Snakeoil (album)|Snakeoil]]'' ([[ECM Records|ECM]])
* 2013 ''[[Shadow Man (Tim Berne album)|Shadow Man]]'' (ECM) with Snakeoil
* 2015 ''[[You've Been Watching Me]]'' (ECM) with Snakeoil
* 2015 ''Spare'' (Screwgun) with Snakeoil
* 2015 ''Spare'' (Screwgun) with Snakeoil
* 2017 ''[[Incidentals]]'' (ECM) with Snakeoil
* 2020 ''The Coandă Effect'' (Relative Pitch) with [[Nasheet Waits]]
* 2018 ''Angel Dusk'' (Screwgun) with Matt Mitchell
* 2020 ''1'' (9donkeys) with Matt Mitchell
* 2020 ''The Fantastic Mrs. 10'' ([[Intakt Records|Intakt]]) with Snakeoil
* 2020 ''Adobe Probe'' (9donkeys) with Tim Berne 7
* 2020 ''The Coanda Effect'' (Screwgun) with [[Nasheet Waits]]
* 2020 ''Broken Shadows Live'' (9donkeys) with Broken Shadows
* 2020 ''1'' (Screwgun) with Matt Mitchell
* 2020 ''The Deceptive 4'' ([[Intakt Records|Intakt]]) with Snakeoil
* 2020 ''Adobe Probe'' (Screwgun) with Tim Berne 7
* 2020 ''Sacred Vowels'' (Screwgun)
* 2020 ''The Deceptive Four'' ([[Intakt Records|Intakt]]) with Snakeoil
* 2020 ''Spiders'' (Out of Your Head) with [[Matt Mitchell (pianist)|Matt Mitchell]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Considine |first=J. D. |date=February 2021 |title=Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell Duo: Spiders |magazine=[[DownBeat]] |volume=88 |issue=2 |page=38}}</ref>
* 2020 ''Spiders'' (Out of Your Head) with [[Matt Mitchell (pianist)|Matt Mitchell]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Considine |first=J. D. |date=February 2021 |title=Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell Duo: Spiders |magazine=[[DownBeat]] |volume=88 |issue=2 |page=38}}</ref>
* 2022 ''Mars'' (Intakt) with Gregg Belisle-Chi
* 2020 ''Science Friction +size'' (9donkeys) with Science Friction
* 2020 ''The Cosmos'' (9donkeys) with Hardcell
* 2021 ''Sensitive'' (9donkeys) with Hardcell
* 2021 ''Attention Spam'' (9donkeys) with Bloodcount
* 2021 ''5'' (9donkeys) with Bloodcount


===As sideman===
===As sideman===
'''With [[Ray Anderson (musician)|Ray Anderson]]'''
'''With [[Ray Anderson (musician)|Ray Anderson]]'''
*''[[Big Band Record]]'' ([[Gramavision]], 1994)
*''[[Big Band Record]]'' ([[Gramavision]], 1994)

'''With Enten Eller'''
*''Melquiades'' (Splasc(H), 1999)
*''Auto da Fe'' (Splasc(H), 2001)

'''With [[Umberto Petrin]]'''
*''Ellessi'' (Splasc(H), 1999)

'''With Jazzophone Compagnie'''
*''Mosaiques'' (Yolk, 2000)


'''With [[Nels Cline]]'''
'''With [[Nels Cline]]'''
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*''Tower Vol. 2'' (Ayler, 2011)
*''Tower Vol. 2'' (Ayler, 2011)
*''Tower Bridge'' (Ayler, 2014)
*''Tower Bridge'' (Ayler, 2014)

'''With Mr. Rencore'''
*''Intollerant'' (Auand, 2011)


'''With [[Simon H. Fell|Simon Fell]]'''
'''With [[Simon H. Fell|Simon Fell]]'''
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'''With [[David Torn]]'''
'''With [[David Torn]]'''
*''[[Prezens]]'' (ECM, 2005)
*''[[Prezens]]'' (ECM, 2005)
*''Slipped On A Bar'' (Screwgun, 2009)
*''Son Of Goldfinger'' (ECM, 2019)
*''Son Of Goldfinger (Congratulations To You)'' (9donkeys, 2020)
*''xFORM'' (9donkeys, 2020)


'''With Stefan Winter'''
'''With Stefan Winter'''

Revision as of 02:05, 16 February 2022

Tim Berne
Background information
Born (1954-10-16) October 16, 1954 (age 70)
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
GenresAvant-garde jazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentSaxophone
Years active1979–present
LabelsEmpire, Soul Note, Columbia, JMT, Screwgun, Thirsty Ear, ECM, Intakt
Websitescrewgunrecords.com

Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954)[1] is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner.

Biography

Tim Berne

Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States.[1] He has said that he had no interest in playing an instrument until he attended Lewis & Clark College in Oregon. Hearing the album Dogon A.D. (1972) by Julius Hemphill turned his attention toward jazz. He was a fan of rhythm and blues, and it seemed to him that Hemphill was playing jazz with the soulfulness of R&B. In 1974, he went to New York to find Hemphill, who gave him saxophone lessons and advice on how to manage his career.[1] Berne started the record label Empire in 1979.[2]

For Empire, he recorded four albums with avant-garde jazz musicians such as John Carter, Alex Cline, Nels Cline, Olu Dara, Vinny Golia, Paul Motian, and Ed Schuller.[1] His next two albums appeared on Soul Note in the early 1980s.[1] In these sessions he worked with trumpeter Herb Robertson. He then got a contract with Columbia and recorded with Robertson, Hank Roberts, and Bill Frisell.[1] After two albums, he signed with JMT, a label known for avant-garde jazz. In the 1990s, he recorded in the trio, Miniature, with Roberts and Joey Baron,[1] and in the band Caos Totale with Django Bates, Mark Dresser, Marc Ducret, Steve Swell, and Bobby Previte. He led a trio with Michael Formanek and Jim Black, then added Chris Speed for a quartet. PolyGram bought JMT and closed it. This motivated Berne to start Screwgun Records as the outlet for his albums.[2]

He is one-third of the group BBC (Berne/Black/Cline) with Jim Black and Nels Cline of Wilco. The group released a critically acclaimed album called The Veil in 2011.[3]

Groups

  • Miniature (Joey Baron, Hank Roberts)
  • Caos Totale (Django Bates, Mark Dresser, Marc Ducret, Bobby Previte, Herb Robertson, Steve Swell)
  • Bloodcount (Jim Black, Marc Ducret, Michael Formanek, Chris Speed)
  • Big Satan (Tom Rainey, Marc Ducret)
  • Hard Cell (Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn)
  • Science Friction (Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn, Marc Ducret)
  • Paraphrase (Tom Rainey, Drew Gress)
  • Buffalo Collision (Hank Roberts, Ethan Iverson, David King)
  • BBC Trio (Nels Cline, Jim Black)
  • Snakeoil (Oscar Noriega, Matt Mitchell, Ches Smith, Ryan Ferreira)
  • Broken Shadows (Dave King, Reid Anderson, Chris Speed)

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Studio albums

Live albums

As sideman

With Ray Anderson

With Enten Eller

  • Melquiades (Splasc(H), 1999)
  • Auto da Fe (Splasc(H), 2001)

With Umberto Petrin

  • Ellessi (Splasc(H), 1999)

With Jazzophone Compagnie

  • Mosaiques (Yolk, 2000)

With Nels Cline

With Marc Ducret

  • Tower Vol. 2 (Ayler, 2011)
  • Tower Bridge (Ayler, 2014)

With Mr. Rencore

  • Intollerant (Auand, 2011)

With Simon Fell

  • Positions & Descriptions (Clean Feed, 2011)

With Figure 8

With Michael Formanek

  • Extended Animation (Enja, 1992)
  • Low Profile (Enja, 1994)
  • Nature of the Beast (Enja, 1997)
  • The Rub and Spare Change (ECM, 2010)
  • Small Places (ECM, 2012)
  • The Distance (ECM, 2016)

With Vinny Golia

  • Compositions for Large Ensemble (Nine Winds, 1984)
  • Facts of Their Own Lives (Nine Winds, 1986)

With Drew Gress

  • Spin & Drift (Premonition, 2001)
  • 7 Black Butterflies (Premonition, 2005)
  • The Irrational Numbers (Premonition, 2007)
  • The Sky Inside (Pirouet, 2013)

With Mark Helias

  • Split Image (Enja, 1985)
  • The Current Set (Enja, 1986)

With Julius Hemphill

With Ingrid Laubrock

With Hank Roberts

With Herb Robertson

With George Schuller

  • Hellbent (Playscape, 2002)

With Ches Smith

  • Hammered (Clean Feed, 2013)
  • International Hoohah (For Tune, 2014)

With Spring Heel Jack

  • Masses (Thirsty Ear, 2001)

With David Torn

  • Prezens (ECM, 2005)
  • Slipped On A Bar (Screwgun, 2009)
  • Son Of Goldfinger (ECM, 2019)
  • Son Of Goldfinger (Congratulations To You) (9donkeys, 2020)
  • xFORM (9donkeys, 2020)

With Stefan Winter

  • The Little Trumpet (JMT, 1986)

With Yōsuke Yamashita

  • Ways of Time (Verve, 1995)

With John Zorn

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who’s Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ a b Lynch, Dave. "Tim Berne". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ Fordham, John (28 July 2011). "Berne/Black/Cline/BB & C: The Veil". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. ^ Considine, J. D. (February 2021). "Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell Duo: Spiders". DownBeat. Vol. 88, no. 2. p. 38.