Hank Roberts

Hank Roberts (born March 24, 1954, 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 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, and was an important voice in many groups of saxophonist Tim Berne. 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

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)