Home » Search Center » Results: Eric Hofbauer

Results for "Eric Hofbauer"

138

Article: Album Review

Eric Hofbauer and The Infrared Band: Level

by Nic Jones
June 14, 2011

Back in 2008 this band--the only change here being bassist Sean Farias in for Michael Montgomery--produced one of the best albums of that year. In 2011, they've gone and done it again. Like Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols and Andrew Hill, guitarist Eric Hofbauer's music benefits enormously from having the right musicians to bring ...

Article: Album Review

Eric Hofbauer: American Fear

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 23, 2011

Il secondo disco solo del chitarrista americano Eric Hofbauer continua il percorso già intrapreso sei anni prima nel precedente American Vanity: una raccolta di brani, tra originali e cover, attraverso i quali esplorare i grandi temi della cultura americana che danno il titolo ai dischi (anche se il collegamento logico non sempre è evidente), che diventa ...

Album

American Fear

By Eric Hofbauer

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Everybody Wants To Rule The World; Twenty Questions; Her Hiding Place; Hot For Teacher; Bailout Blues; Monsters In The Closet; Monsters Under The Bed; Moose The Mooch--Cash Style; Black And Blue Lost Highway; The Jump Jump; La Ligne De Chance; Smells Like Teen Spirit; Black Fire; Broke Down...Breakdown; American Wonder.

Album

Eric Hofbauer: American Fear!

By Eric Hofbauer

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Everybody Wants to Rule the World; Twenty Questions; Her Hiding Place; Hot for Teacher; Bailout Blues; Monsters in the Closet; Monsters Under the Bed; Moose the Mooch--Cash Style; Black and Lost Blue Highway; The Jump Jump; La Ligne de Chance; Smells Like Teen Spirit; Black Fire; Broke Down...Breakdown; American Wonder.

121

News: Recording

Eric Hofbauer to Celebrate New CD at Johnny D'S September 15th

August 18, 2010

On Wednesday, September 15th, guitarist/composer Eric Hofbauer will celebrate his latest recording, American Fear (Creative Nation Music), with a hometown CD release concert at Johnny D's in Somerville, Massachusetts. The opening set will feature selections from the record, an intimate and inclusive collection of solo guitar performances that musically explore how fear is reflected and manifested ...

121

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #189: Eric Hofbauer

August 9, 2010

Eric Hofbauer is using the solo guitar to explore American identity on a trilogy of albums that began with American Vanity (Creative Nation Music, 2004) and continues with American Fear (Creative Nation Music, 2010). In this interview, Hofbauer talks about the pop tunes he covers on this record; how he uses improvisation to lead to composition; ...

389

Article: Album Review

Eric Hofbauer: Eric Hofbauer: American Fear!

Read "Eric Hofbauer: American Fear!" reviewed by Tom Greenland

by Tom Greenland
June 9, 2010

With American Fear!, creative guitarist Eric Hofbauer once again exposes his funny bone, effectively demonstrating that jazz and humor are not mutually exclusive. Like American Vanity (Creative Nation, 2002), this is a solo guitar effort mixing unusual covers with quirky originals, all delivered with the Boston-based artist's extroverted minimalism. There are no disposable ...

216

Article: Album Review

Eric Hofbauer: American Fear

Read "American Fear" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
June 8, 2010

Boston, Massachusetts is truly blessed in having Eric Hofbauer as a member of its improvised music community. Over the course of successive releases he has proved himself to be one of the great original voices and this solo guitar recital proves it in spades. He seemingly and effortlessly has forged a highly individual instrumental vocabulary and ...

234

Article: Album Review

Garrison Fewell: Variable Density Sound Orchestra

Read "Variable Density Sound Orchestra" reviewed by Lyn Horton

by Lyn Horton
December 10, 2009

For the descriptively-titled Variable Density Sound Orchestra, guitarist Garrison Fewell has assembled a group whose members expertly develop the thematic content central to the pieces on the album. All but one are composed by Fewell, the disc closing with Butch Morris' “Namthini's Shadow." Trumpeter Roy Campbell, Jr. plays with Fewell for the first time here, the ...

231

Article: Album Review

Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club: Adventures

Read "Adventures" reviewed by Virginia A. Schaefer

by Virginia A. Schaefer
October 26, 2009

Adventures is the high-energy first release of Explorer's Club, led by accomplished saxophonist and composer Charlie Kohlhase. The septet includes a guitarist, bassist, two drummers, two saxophonists, and trombonist. Kohlhase puts together their expertise to produce an impressive range of instrumental combinations, timbres, and textures in the outside-but-accessible style for which he's known. Kohlhase's compositions (all ...