| Hank Roberts | |
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Hank Roberts at Jazzhaus Stadtgarten, Köln/Cologne (Germany), March 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | March 24, 1954 Terre Haute, Indiana, US |
| Origin | New York City |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | Cello, vocals |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Website | hankrobertsmusic.com |
Hank Roberts (born March 24, 1954 in Terre Haute, Indiana) 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 Jazz scene of the 1980s and is strongly associated with its post-modern tendencies.
In the early '80s he made a number of recordings for the defunct JMT label, was a featured member of the Bill Frisell Quartet, and was an important voice in many groups of saxophonist Tim Berne. He also recorded three discs with the Arcado String Trio, an improvisational chamber group featuring Mark Feldman, violin, and Mark Dresser, double bass. In the early '90s he left Frisell's group and stopped touring widely. Roberts continued to release recordings, if sporadically, including with the progressive folk group, Ti Ti Chickapea. In 2008 Roberts' was again touring and performing regularly, releasing Green (with Jim Black and Marc Ducret) on the newly launched Winter and Winter label. In December 2011, Winter and Winter released Roberts' Everything is Alive, as well as re-releasing Roberts' entire JMT catalogue.
as Leader
1987 Black Pastels
1990 Birds of Prey
1992 Little Motor People
1997 22 Years from Now
1997 I'll Always Remember
2002 The Truth and Reconciliation Show
2008 Green
2011 Everything is Alive
with the Arcado String Trio
1989 Arcado
1990 Behind the Myth
1991 For Three Strings and Orchestra
with Miniature
1989 Miniature
1992 I Can't Put My Finger on It
with Bill Frisell
1987 Lookout for Hope
1989 Before We Were Born
1991 Where in the World
2004 Unspeakable
2005 Richter 858
2008 History/Mystery
2009 Disfarmer
2010 Signs of Life
with Tim Berne
1986 Fulton St. Maul
1988 Sanctified Dreams
1989 Fractured Fairy Tales
1992 Cause and Reflect (duo)
1993 Diminutive Mysteries (mostly Hemphill)
with Marilyn Crispell
1993 Santuerio
with Alex Cline, Aina Kemanis, Jeff Gauthier, Wayne Peet, Eric Essen, and Nels Cline
1987 The Lamp and the Star
with Ti Ti Chickapea
2000 Change of Worlds
2002 Firestick
with Wiggy Dog Boy
2005 The Truth and Reconciliation Show
with the Edmar Casteneda
2006 Cuarto de Colores
with Buffalo Collision
2008 Duck
with Donald Rubinstein
1976 Martin(soundtrack)
2009 When She Kisses the Ship On His Arm