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Rebecca Shrimpton and Eric Hofbauer

The Rebecca Shrimpton/Eric Hofbauer duo unites voice and guitar in an intimate partnership that both celebrates and defies the traditional roles of its instruments.

Inspired by the full spectrum of American music, this pairing of two noted Boston-based musicians brings freshness to jazz standards and stretches out to explore such diverse musical sources as Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Ned Rorem and various practitioners from the folk tradition.

They have played venues in New York City and Boston, and earned accolades for their 2005 debut recording, Madman's Moon (Creative Nation Music), which also featured saxophonist Allan Chase and bassist Scott Barnum.

Madman

By Rebecca Shrimpton and Eric Hofbauer

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Bill; Beatrice; For Jan (From Sweet Time Suite); Be Anything; I've Got a Crush on You; Walking with Sam; Small Day Tomorrow; Pure Imagination; I'm in a Mood; One Life to Live; Angel Eyes; You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch.

Madman's Moon

By Rebecca Shrimpton and Eric Hofbauer

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2005

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 ...