Tristan Honsinger

Tristan Honsinger (1949-2023) was an American cellist in free improvisation and free jazz, born in Burlington, Vermont. After classical study at the New England Conservatory he moved to Montreal in 1969, turned to improvised music and in 1974 settled in Europe, working from Amsterdam and later from Italy and Berlin. He was known for performances that mixed playing with spoken word, theatre and humour, and for long associations with Derek Bailey and Cecil Taylor. His duo record with Derek Bailey came out on Incus in 1976.