Jazz Articles about Holly Hofmann

Holly Hofmann: Low Life: The Alto Flute Project

by Dan McClenaghan
May 10, 2014

Holly Hofmann, one of the jazz world's premier flutists, explores a deeper-toned territory with Low Life: The Alto Flute Project. Primarily a conventional C flautist--with an impressive discography--Hofmann has broken out the lower tone of the alto flute in her concerts, and occasionally on record. Now it's time for a full length CD featuring her expertise on the instrument. The range of the alto flute is limited, requiring an artist to say more with less. Hofmann and her ...

Furthering The Flute In Jazz: Holly Hofmann and Bill McBirnie

by Dan Bilawsky
May 9, 2014

Long gone are the days when the flute was only seen as a jazz novelty or a saxophonist's double. Once upon a time you could count the number of notable jazz flautists on a hand (or two), but the ranks have swelled a little bit over the years, and those leading the charge today aren't content with working the same exact angles as their predecessors. An ambitious crop of flute players are out there shaking things up ...

Holly Hofmann - Bill Cunliffe: Three's Company

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 15, 2010

Un sodalizio artistico risalente agli anni '90 ha felicemente contrassegnato la carriera del duo Hofmann/Cunliffe, allargato in questo disco alle pieghe espressive del trio con altri strumenti (violino, tromba, clarinetto, batteria). Per l'occasione sono stati chiamati a raccolta grandi musicisti del calibro di Regina Carter, Ken Peplowski, Terell Stafford. In primo piano una sinuosa eleganza stilistica, nel segno di tre parametri: squisita musicalità, ammirevole versatilità, impeccabile senso del timing. A rilucere è il flauto cristallino ed etereo della Hofmann, che ...

Mike Wofford - Holly Hofmann: Live at Jazz Athenaeum - Vol. 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 7, 2007

L'Atheneum Music & Arts Library di San Diego in California ospita, oltre a libri e media musicali di tutti i tipi, eventi culturali e concerti di jazz. Mike Wofford, in veste di pianista, ha pubblicato finora due volumi tratti dai suoi concerti in questa sede, uno in trio con Peter Washington e Victor Lewis e questo duo con la sua compagna d`arte e di vita, la flautista Holly Hofmann. Sono due musicisti esperti - Wofford ha lavorato con tutti i ...

Holly Hofman / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2

by Jerry D'Souza
August 27, 2007

Holly Hofmann (flute) and Mike Wofford (piano) make beautiful music together. The husband and wife have teamed for several acclaimed recordings including Flutology, Minor Miracle, and Further Adventures, all on Capri Records. They continue with another superb set of duets on Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2.

Both Hofmann and Wofford have a concentrated sense for the lyrical, adding an air of romanticism and injecting a sense of humor into their playing, all of which hinges on an emotional pith. ...

Holly Hofmann / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2

by Michael P. Gladstone
July 2, 2007

Flutist Holly Hofmann's Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2 was recorded during the summer of 2006 at San Diego' s Athenaeum Jazz Music and Arts Library, in duet with musical partner/husband, Mike Wofford. Prior to the quartet recording Minor Miracle (Capri, 2005) Wofford's piano trio released the well-received Live at Athenaeum Jazz (Capri, 2004).

Though earlier efforts may be hard to come by, Hofmann's recent signing with Colorado-based Capri means she is now on a larger indie label. ...

Holly Hofmann / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2

by Dan McClenaghan
May 19, 2007

San Diego isn't known as a jazz town in the same way New York or Chicago are, but this city in the southwest corner of the country has its fair share of fine venues for the music, and boasts some first rate artists as well.One of the best places to hear San Diego jazz is the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library's Music Room, an intimate setting with no audience member more than twenty feet from the performers. On ...