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Holly Hofman / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2

Read "Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Holly Hofmann (flute) and Mike Wofford (piano) make beautiful music together. The husband and wife have teamed for several acclaimed recordings including Flutology, Minor Miracle, and Further Adventures, all on Capri Records. They continue with another superb set of duets on Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2. Both Hofmann and Wofford have a concentrated sense for ...

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Holly Hofmann / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2

Read "Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


Flutist Holly Hofmann's Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2 was recorded during the summer of 2006 at San Diego' s Athenaeum Jazz Music and Arts Library, in duet with musical partner/husband, Mike Wofford. Prior to the quartet recording Minor Miracle (Capri, 2005) Wofford's piano trio released the well-received Live at Athenaeum Jazz (Capri, 2004). ...

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Holly Hofmann / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2

Read "Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


San Diego isn't known as a jazz town in the same way New York or Chicago are, but this city in the southwest corner of the country has its fair share of fine venues for the music, and boasts some first rate artists as well.One of the best places to hear San Diego jazz ...

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Minor Miracle

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2005
Track listing: Everything I Love; CRS-CRAFT; Minor Miracle; Samba do Avi

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Holly Hofmann: Minor Miracle

Read "Minor Miracle" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The flute is a hard sell for a small core of jazz purists who'd rather it were confined to the precincts of the local symphony orchestra. At best a change of pace, at worst a nuisance. Those who feel that way had best stop reading at this point while I sing the praises of Holly Hofmann, ...

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Holly Hofmann: Minor Miracle

Read "Minor Miracle" reviewed by Jim Santella


Oozing with genuine charm, flutist Holly Hofmann interprets mainstream jazz the way it's supposed to be. Her view of the world has been seasoned by mentors and musical partners such as Ray Brown, Mike Wofford, Bill Cunliffe, and John Clayton. Hofmann's father, a jazz guitarist, influenced her career choices, and her parents ensured her ...

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Minor Miracle

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Everything I Love, CRS-CRAFT, Minor Miracle, Samba do Aviao, Tonk, Johnny Come Lately, Minha, Will You Still Be Mine

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Holly Hofmann: Minor Miracle

Read "Minor Miracle" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


Holly Hofmann has been recording steadily since the late 1980s and her credibility among musicians and jazz critics secured an award for her in the “Rising Star" category in the Downbeat Critics Jazz Poll as a flutist. Her latest outing is with her husband and frequent musical partner, Mike Wofford (piano), plus Peter Washington (bass) and ...

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Holly Hofmann: Minor Miracle

Read "Minor Miracle" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


I'm indebted to Holly Hofmann. I had very little interest in jazz flute until I encountered First Date (Capri Records, '03) by Flutology, a set that featured a front line trio of flutists Hofmann, Frank Wess and Ali Ryerson. The opener, the classic high octane “Be Bop," knocked me out. It seemed such an “un-flutey" number, ...

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Flutopia

Label: Azica Records
Released: 2000


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