Hank Roberts

Hank Roberts (born March 24, 1954, Terre Haute, Indiana)<ref name="AMG">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American jazz cellist and vocalist. He plays the electric cello, and his style is a mixture of rock, jazz, avant-garde, folk, and classical influences. He emerged with the downtown New York City jazz scene of the 1980s and is associated with its post-modern tendencies.

Background

In the early 1980s, Roberts made a number of recordings for the defunct JMT label, was a featured member of the Bill Frisell Quartet,<ref name="LarkinGE">Template:Cite book</ref> and was an important voice in many groups of saxophonist Tim Berne.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Roberts also recorded three discs with the Arcado String Trio, an improvisational chamber group featuring Mark Feldman, violin, and Mark Dresser, double bass.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

In the early 1990s, Roberts left Frisell's group and stopped touring widely. He continued to release recordings, if sporadically, including with the progressive folk group Ti Ti Chickapea.<ref name="AMG"/> In 2008, he was again touring and performing regularly, releasing Green (with Jim Black and Marc Ducret) on Winter & Winter, Stefan F. Winters subsequent label to JMT. In December 2011, Winter & Winter released Roberts' Everything Is Alive,<ref name="Albums">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as re-releasing his entire JMT catalogue.

Selected discography

As leader

• Black Pastels (JMT, 1987)
• Birds of Prey (JMT, 1990)
• Little Motor People (JMT, 1993)
• 22 Years from Now (Level Green, 1997)
• I'll Always Remember (Level Green, 1998)
• Cause and Reflect (Level Green, 1998) with Tim Berne
• The Truth and Reconciliation Show (I Town, 2002)
• Green (Winter & Winter, 2008) with Marc Ducret and Jim Black
• Everything Is Alive (Winter & Winter, 2011) with Bill Frisell, Jerome Harris and Kenny Wollesen
• Congeries of Ethereal Phenomena (Newvelle, 2019)
• Science of Love (Sunnyside, 2021) with Hank Roberts Sextet <ref name="Albums"/>

With Arcado String Trio

• Arcado (JMT, 1989)
• Behind the Myth (JMT, 1990)
• For Three Strings and Orchestra (JMT, 1992)

With Miniature (Joey Baron, Tim Berne, Roberts)

• Miniature (JMT, 1989)
• I Can't Put My Finger on It (JMT, 1992)

With Buffalo Collision

• Duck (Screwgun, 2008)

With Tim Berne and Aurora Nealand

• Oceans And (Intakt, 2023)

As sideman

With Tim Berne

• Fulton Street Maul (CBS, 1986)
• Sanctified Dreams (Columbia, 1988)
• Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989)
• Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT, 1993)

With Bill Frisell

• Lookout for Hope (ECM, 1987)
• Before We Were Born (Nonesuch, 1989)
• Where in the World (Nonesuch, 1991)
• Unspeakable (Nonesuch, 2004)
• Richter 858 (Songlines, 2005)
• History, Mystery (Nonesuch, 2008)
• Disfarmer (Nonesuch, 2009)
• Sign of Life: Music for 858 Quartet (Savoy, 2011)
• Big Sur (Okeh, 2013)
• Harmony (Blue Note records, 2019)

With Alex Cline

• The Lamp and the Star (ECM, 1987)

With Marilyn Crispell

• Santuerio (1993)

With Ti Ti Chickapea

• Change of Worlds (2000)
• Firestick (2002)

With Edmar Castañeda

• Cuarto de Colores (2006)

With Donald Rubinstein

• Martin (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Varèse Sarabande, 1978)
• When She Kisses the Ship on His Arm (Bare Bones, 2009)

External links

• Template:Official website