Eric Hofbauer Jazz Guitarist / Composer / Educator
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I Have A Confession – John Tchicai Memorial Concert Reflections.
I have to make a confession. I wake up almost every morning and decide not to quit playing music. Let me clarify, I decide not to quit playing and teaching music, jazz specially, as a vocation. I know I can’t quit playing my guitar, in the same way I can’t just quit breathing and expect [...]
The Jazz Omnivore and Individuality
The summer can be a great time for an artist of any discipline to take stock in the direction of their work by reflecting on past projects and starting new ones. Many visual artists, musicians, actors, dancers teach during some of year and usually the summer affords us the time (for we can usually afford [...]
Ghost of Caesar Pt. 1 – Resurrection
We arrived in Bogota late Saturday night. The next day starting in on rehearsals. Lots of new casting changes and a few new actors in the mix so there was a lot of work to do…. for everyone but the jazz trio. We basically had a day off on Monday so we went to the [...]
Pablo Ablanedo Octeto – Kickstarter Campaign in Underway
Below is a message from my good friend, composer, pianist and bandleader Pablo Ablanedo. The Octet is beginning a journey into the world of crowd sourced funding to help finance the next CD recording, and I am excited to be a part of it and help Pablo raise the money to realize this project. It [...]
The Toy-chestra @ Junk Kitchen – 1/27/12
My friends Esther Viola and Ben Dicke just started a concert series called the ‘Junk Kitchen’, which runs the first Friday of every month at the Outpost in Cambridge MA, and our group, First Worst Thirst, is the house band for each show. Each month there is a different theme to the concert and this brings in a myriad of [...]
Hofbauer, Karayorgis, William, Gray at Johnny D’s 11/2/11 + Upcoming shows
It has been a long while since I have posted. There has been a lot going on in the last month. The last half of October I was in France on my first ever solo tour out of the U.S. It was an amazing experience and I plan on blogging about it all in detail [...]
Music as Memory: 9/11, American Vanity and Fear
During this week of remembrance and reflection I would like to share two pieces from my American series. Of all my work, my two solo albums have been most influenced by the events of September 11th, 2001. In the wake of the tragedy of that day, I recorded American Vanity, an exploration into what I [...]
New Reviews and Palindromes
Since the release of LEVEL, there have been some wonderful and interesting reviews of the work. While some have addressed the overt ‘avant-guard’ tendencies of the recording, some have, almost inexplicably, insisted just the opposite – that it is quite traditional. Truth is, they are both correct. But the point is not to just comment [...]
LEVEL drops (6/21/11) & The IRB vs. The Stanley Cup
Happy LEVEL day! I am excited to announce that the Infrared Band’s second CD is officially out today. It is available at all online retailers (Amazon.com etc) and digital stores (i-tunes etc) worldwide. Here is the first paragraph from my line notes, explaining the thematic concept behind the new work, “The music on LEVEL, explores the human condition [...]
LEVEL in the Phoenix and IRB @ Johnny D’s June 15.
The Infrared Band was recently featured in the Boston Phoenix (click here to read) along with Jeremy Udden’s Plainville and James Farm. John Garelick wrote the piece and it focuses on our new release (street date June 21) LEVEL. He does a great job addressing the concept of duality in the music, particularly in terms [...]
‘American Fear’ reviewed in All About Jazz Italy
My solo recording was recently reviewed by All About Jazz Italia. It was a positive and detailed review. For those Hofbauer fans and friends who read Italian it can be FOUND HERE. My friend Luca from the recent Julius Caesar tour translated it for me. What follows is my favorite quote (the line between self-marketing [...]
Sound Particle 47 – Garrison Fewell’s Variable Density Sound Orchestra
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The Lady of Khartoum – Garrison Fewell & Eric Hofbauer
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Myth Understanding
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LEVEL
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American Vanity
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