Hank Roberts (born March 24, 1954, Terre Haute, Indiana)
Background
In the early 1980s, Roberts made a number of recordings for the defunct
JMT Records 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.
Selected discography
As leader
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Black Pastels (JMT Records, 1987)
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Birds of Prey (JMT, 1990)
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Little Motor People (JMT, 1993)
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22 Years from Now (Level Green, 1997)
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I'll Always Remember (Level Green, 1998)
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Cause and Reflect (Level Green, 1998) with Tim Berne
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The Truth and Reconciliation Show (I Town, 2002)
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Green (Winter & Winter, 2008) with Marc Ducret and Jim Black
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Everything Is Alive (Winter & Winter, 2011) with Bill Frisell, Jerome Harris and Kenny Wollesen
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Congeries of Ethereal Phenomena (Newvelle, 2019)
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Science of Love (Sunnyside, 2021) with Hank Roberts Sextet
With Arcado String Trio
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Arcado (JMT, 1989)
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Behind the Myth (JMT, 1990)
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For Three Strings and Orchestra (JMT, 1992)
With Miniature (Joey Baron, Tim Berne, Roberts)
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Miniature (JMT, 1989)
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I Can't Put My Finger on It (JMT, 1992)
With Buffalo Collision
With Tim Berne and Aurora Nealand
As sideman
With Tim Berne
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Fulton Street Maul (CBS, 1986)
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Sanctified Dreams (Columbia, 1988)
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Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989)
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Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT, 1993)
With Bill Frisell
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Lookout for Hope (ECM Records, 1987)
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Before We Were Born (Nonesuch Records, 1989)
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Where in the World (Nonesuch, 1991)
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Unspeakable (Nonesuch, 2004)
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Richter 858 (Songlines, 2005)
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History, Mystery (Nonesuch, 2008)
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Disfarmer (Nonesuch, 2009)
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(Savoy Records, 2011)
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Big Sur (OKeh Records, 2013)
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Harmony (Blue Note records, 2019)
With Alex Cline
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The Lamp and the Star (ECM, 1987)
With Marilyn Crispell
With Ti Ti Chickapea
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Change of Worlds (2000)
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Firestick (2002)
With Edmar Castañeda
With Donald Rubinstein
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Martin (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Varèse Sarabande, 1978)
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When She Kisses the Ship on His Arm (Bare Bones, 2009)
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