thumb| Honsinger in 2004
Tristan Honsinger (October 23, 1949 – August 5, 2023) was an American cellist active in free jazz and free improvisation. He is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor and guitarist Derek Bailey.
Born in Burlington, Vermont, United States, Honsinger was given music lessons from a very early age, as his mother had hopes of creating a chamber orchestra together with his brother and sister. At the age of 12, Tristan would give concerts on a nearly weekly basis. He studied classical cello at the New England Conservatory in Boston before moving to Montreal in 1969 to avoid the draft. While in Canada, he became interested in improvisational music. Honsinger moved to Europe in 1974 and was active throughout the continent.
Discography (selected)
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!Year
!Title
!Label
!Notes
|-
|1976
|Duo
|Incus Records
|Duo with Derek Bailey
|-
|1981
|Lavoro
|Materiali Sonori
|Duo with Sean Bergin
|-
|1988
|The Hearth
|FMP/Free Music Production
|Trio with Cecil Taylor and Evan Parker
|-
|1988
|Alms/Tiergarten (Spree)
|FMP/Free Music Production
|As part of Cecil Taylor European Orchestra
|-
|1993
|Conduction #38: in Freud's garden
|New World Records
|Under the direction of Butch Morris
|-
|1995
|Instant
|CrossTalk (US) / RecRec Music (Netherlands)
|The Ex & Guests
|-
|1993
|Always a Pleasure
|FMP/Free Music Production
|As part of the Cecil Taylor Ensemble
|-
|1996
|Almeda
|FMP/Free Music Production
|As part of the Cecil Taylor Ensemble
|-
|1996
|Map of Moods
|FMP/Free Music Production
|With the Tristan Honsinger 5tet
|-
|1998
|Lifting the Bandstand
|Fundacja Słuchaj!
|As part of the Cecil Taylor Quintet
|-
|1999
|Incarnation
|FMP/Free Music Production
|Quartet with Cecil Taylor, Franky Douglas, and Andrew Cyrille
|-
|2000
|A Camel's Kiss
|Instant Composers Pool
|Solo cello
|-
|2003
|The Light of Corona
|FMP/Free Music Production
|As part of the Cecil Taylor Ensemble
|-
|2003
|Broomriding
|Psi
|Alexander von Schlippenbach
|-
|2011
|Stretto
|FMP/Free Music Production
|With guitarist Olaf Rupp
|-
|2012
|Hanam Quintet feat. Tristan Honsinger
|Aut Records
|Hanam Quintet feat. Tristan Honsinger
|-
|2021
|Small Talk
|Setola di Maiale
|Tristan Honsinger Italian octet
|}
thumb|right|250px|Tristan Honsinger <br> Aarhus Jazz Festival (Denmark 2012)
References
External links
- Discography and biography
- Honsingers FMP releases