Jazz Articles about Kai Hoffman

About Kai Hoffman

Album Review

Kai Hoffman: Luckiest Girl Alive

Read "Luckiest Girl Alive" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
November 6, 2015

Kai Hoffman is the self-confessed Luckiest Girl Alive, or so this album would have it. She certainly sounds like a contender for the title across most of the 14 songs, crafting a definite and infectious feel-good atmosphere along with her quintet. Hoffman was raised in Boston but has been based on London for some years, hosting regular club nights at Ronnie Scott's Club since 2008. Her striking visual image is matched by her musical style--which results from her ...

Album Review

Kai Hoffman: Do It While You Can

Read "Do It While You Can" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 15, 2013

The visual image, the cover design and the positivity of the album title--Do It While You Can--all point in the general direction of a Good Time about to be had. Singer (and French horn player) Kai Hoffman ensures that a good time is exactly what's on offer, crafting a set of songs that makes the most of her personality, her slightly tongue-in-cheek naughtiness and her effortless joie-de-vivre.Hoffman, an American now resident in the UK, has previously recorded with ...