Jazz Articles about Rebecca Shrimpton and Eric Hofbauer

Rebecca Shrimpton and Eric Hofbauer: Madman

by Mark F. Turner
November 16, 2005

The American songbook is given a new facelift on Madman's Moon with jazz guitar and avant-garde vocals uniquely interpreted by Eric Hofbauer and Rebecca Shrimpton, respectively.

Hofbauer's guitarist prowess has been noted with his work with the jazz group known as the Blueprint Project and his eccentric solo effort American Vanity, which made a singular statement against the jazz guitar status quo. Shrimpton is a simply exquisite vocalist whose alto is endowed with richness, clarity, and eclecticism. Her recent contributions ...