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Eric Hofbauer

Born: January 31, 1974

“Eric Hofbauer has become a significant force in Boston’s improvised-music scene,” declares Stereophile’s David R. Adler. “His aesthetic evokes old blues, Americana, Tin Pan Alley, bebop, and further frontiers. There’s a rule-breaking spirit but also an impeccable rigor, a foundation of sheer chops and knowledge, that put Hofbauer in the top tier of guitarists,” he writes.​

Hofbauer has been an integral member of Boston’s jazz scene as a musician, bandleader, organizer and educator for the past thirty five years. He has performed and recorded alongside such notable collaborators as Han Bennink, Roy Campbell, Jr., John Tchicai, Garrison Fewell, Noah Preminger, Cecil McBee, George Garzone, Sean Jones, John Fedchock, and Matt Wilson.

Blue Salience: For Yusef Lateef

By Jason Robinson

Label: Circumvention Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Curved Path; Soul Keepers; Blue Salience; Fathom (Remembering Water); Equipoise; Bright Spirits; The Cabin; Horizon; Manifold Oneness; Fifth Saga; The Heron; Gates of Truth; The Golden Hue

Tongues / Hope Language

By Eric Hofbauer

Label: CNM
Released: 2026
Track listing: Tongues (disc 1) 1.1974 Blues (E. Harris) 2. Us (R. Spektor) 3. I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Lennon-McCartney) 4. Sæglópur (Jónsi, Sveinsson, Dýrason, and Holm) 5. Klactoveedsedstene (C. Parker) 6.Up From The Skies (J. Hendrix) 7. How to Disappear Completely (T. Yorke, J. Greenwood) 8. Army of Me (Bjork, G. Massey) Hope Language: (disc 2) 1. Mother Nature's Son (Lennon-McCartney) 2. Here Comes The Flood (P. Gabriel) 3. Ida Lupino (C. Bley) 4. Russians (Sting, S. Prokofiev) 5. Amelia (J. Mitchell) 6. Bachelorette (Bjork, Sjon) 7. Everybody is A Star/ Long as You're Living (S. Stewart, A. Lincoln)

Jason Robinson: Blue Salience: For Yusef Lateef

by Keith Flint
October 18, 2026

From a single note a song takes form. From a single seed a tree grows. Consider Yusef Lateef's own words from “Where Are The Goodies?" Spheres: Stories by Yusef Lateef (Fana Publishing, 1976), “To find out in a hurry whether the roots are where the rich dirt is, look up at the tree and see if ...

Saeglopur

September 11, 2026

Album: Tongues / Hope Language
By Eric Hofbauer
Label: CNM
Released: 2026
Duration: 5:42

Eric Hofbauer And EHX - 'Tongues / Hope Language' Now Out On Vinyl! Double Album Gatefold

June 25, 2026

NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL (double album gatefold). Available Exclusively on Bandcamp. Tongues / Hope Language is a concept double album exploring the sacred power of storytelling — from the direct and literal to the mystical and unspoken. The two discs are two sides of the same question: if Tongues is the act of communication, Hope Language ...

BLINK

By Blink

Label: Driff Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Rub; Yet; Hop; Shape; Stretch; Pulse; Trans.

American Anxiety

By Zishi Liu

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Breathe; American Anxiety; The Death of Yue Fei; Lotus.

BLINK: BLINK

by Mark Corroto
October 16, 2025

It bears repeating: collective improvisation is far more challenging than individual soloing. It demands discipline, trust, and, as musicians like to say, exceptional ears. Composer and alto saxophonist Jorrit Dijkstra's BLINK demonstrates all three, bringing together five musicians whose listening skills are as sharp as their instincts. The project is built on Dijkstra's long-running ...

Breathe

June 14, 2025

Album: American Anxiety
By Zishi Liu
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 07:05