Hank Roberts presents: On his debut album “Black Pastels” he put together the most innovative musicians of the N.Y. Jazz scene: Tim Berne, Ray Anderson, Robin Eubanks, Dave Taylor, Bill Frisell, Mark Dresser and Joey Baron. He wrote jazz history with the group Miniature and the song “Jersey Devil”, and the Knitting Factory became a meeting point for the avant-garde scene. With Mark Feldman and Mark Dresser he formed the chamber music string trio Arcado and with Django Bates he played “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and opened up never-before-heard worlds of sound.

“With a few notable exceptions, the words ‘jazz’ and ‘cello’ are not often used in one sentence. Nevertheless, the musicians Tim Berne, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and John Zorn made the cello virtuoso Hank Roberts an important part of their adventurous, cross-genre music.”– JAZZIZ magazine

Tracklisting:
1. Little Motor People (from the album “Little Motor People”)
2. Scarecrow (from the album “Black Pastels”)
3. Long Walk (from the album “Green”)
4. Bernie Alap (from the album “Green”)
5. Angels and Mud (from the album “Birds of Prey”)
6. Cayuga (from the album “Everything is Alive”)
7. Jersey Devil (from the album “I can’t put my finger on it”)
8. Waterburg Trio (from the album “Behind the Myth”)
9. Scream (from the album “Birds of Prey”)
10. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (from the album “Little Motor People”)