Hank Roberts

Hank Roberts
Hank Roberts at Jazzhaus Stadtgarten, Köln/Cologne (Germany), March 2008
Background information
Born	(1954-03-24) March 24, 1954 (age 63) Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Origin	New York City
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
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 City jazz scene of the 1980s and is associated with its post-modern tendencies.

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. Roberts 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 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. 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 and Winter released Roberts' Everything Is Alive, as well as re-releasing his entire JMT catalogue.

With Arcado String Trio

With Miniature

With Tim Berne

With Bill Frisell

With Alex Cline

With Marilyn Crispell

With Ti Ti Chickapea

With Edmar Casteñeda

With Buffalo Collision

With Donald Rubinstein