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Amos Hoffman: Evolution

Read "Evolution" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
July 31, 2008

The oud is the principal instrument in Middle Eastern music: it's an ancient, fretless, short-necked lute with five pairs of strings and a bass string. On Evolution, his third CD as leader, Amos Hoffman plays the oud he made himself, and offers a fascinating combination of Middle Eastern music and jazz. The ...

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Amos Hoffman: Evolution

Read "Evolution" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 12, 2008

This is the second recording by Israeli guitarist Amos Hoffman that features him as an oud player, following Na'ama (Magda, 2006). Hoffman, who began playing the guitar when he was six years old and the oud a few years later, studied with Lebanese oud and nay player Bassam Saba, while he was living in New York.

News: Recording

Razdaz Recordz Will Release "Evolution" from Amos Hoffman on March 25

February 29, 2008

New CD from Guitarist and Oudist Blends Jazz and Middle Eastern Influences Guitar and oud player Amos Hoffman, who has been performing and recording as a member of Avishai Cohen's band for more than two decades, will release Evolution, his debut CD on Cohen's Razdaz Recordz, on March 25. Since relocating to his native Israel in ...

Album

Sam Newsome & Global Unity

By Sam Newsome

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: It's Not The Size Of The Horn, It's How You Swing It!; Birdies From Bayside; Caravan; Didactical Dewey; Go Down Moses; A Swedish Massage In A Turkish Bath; Afro Blue; I Be Hooked On Ebonics; Crystal Silence.