Tristan Honsinger
Tristan Honsinger (born October 23, 1949 in Burlington , Vermont ) is an American free jazz cellist.
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Honsinger studied at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and went to Montreal in 1969 . In 1974 he moved to Amsterdam , where he has since been involved in the ICP orchestra of drummer Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg . He also worked with Derek Bailey , Steve Lacy , Alexander Schlippenbach , Borbetomagus , Lol Coxhill , Louis Moholo and the singer Mola Sylla . He was a member of the Cecil Taylor Ensemble alongside Harri Sjöström and Paul Lovens .
Since 1978 he lived in Florence for a few years , where he worked with Giancarlo Schiaffini ( Gruppo Du Improvisazione Nuovo Consonanza ) and Gianluigi Trovesi .
His band This, That and the Other , included u. a. Tiziana Simona, Sean Bergin , Toshinori Kondō , Jean-Jacques Avenel and Michael Vatcher . In the early 1990s he experimented with a string quartet reinforced by drums and worked with the Dutch band The Ex . In the 2000s he performed with Tobias Delius .
With Axel Dörner , Olaf Rupp and Oliver Steidle , he forms the HDRS quartet . With the Swedish bassist Joel Grip he forms the duo Chaise et Chaiselonge .
Discography (selection)
- Live Performances , 1976
- Earmeals , 1978
- Double Indemnity with Steve Beresford , 1979
- Imitation of life , 1981
- Travelogues , 1995
- Map of Moods [live] with Ernst Glerum , Aleksander Kolkowski , Stephano Lunardi , Louis Moholo , 1996
- Indigo Ig Henneman Tentet with Ab Baars , Han Buhrs , Theo Jörgensmann , Wilbert de Joode et al. 1998
- A Camel's Kiss , solo album, 1999
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Honsinger, Tristan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American free jazz cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burlington , Vermont |