Devra Hoff
Devra Hoff is an American bassist, composer and arranger. She[a] has collaborated with Julia Holter,[2] Nels Cline,[3] Sharon Van Etten,[4] Shannon Lay,[5] Cibo Matto,[6] Kira Roessler,[7][6] Good for Cows, Xiu Xiu,[6] and others.
Hoff has also released three albums of solo and multi-tracked contrabass material—Solo Bass (2009), Baile as Baile (2019), and Sigils (2018). Laurie Anderson named Solo Bass as one of her top 5 favorite albums of all time.[8]
Selected discography
[edit]Devra Hoff - solo
- Solo Bass (2009)
- Sigils (2018)
- Baile as Baile (2019)
- Beautiful Radiant Things (2019)
Caustics
- Touch (2020)[9]
- Loud City Song (2013)
- In the Same Room (2017)
- Have You in My Wilderness (2015)
- Aviary (2018)
- Something in the Room She Moves (2024)
- Living Water (2017)[10]
- Instrumentals (2002)[11]
- The Giant Pin (2004)[12]
- Draw Breath (2007)[13]
- Initiate (2010)[14]
- New Monastery (2006)[15]
- Dirty Baby (2010)[16]
- Lovers (Blue Note, 2016)[17]
ROVA + The Nels Cline Singers
- The Celestial Septet (2010)
- Good for Cogs (2001)
- Less Than or Equal To (2003)
- Bebop Fantasy (2004)
- 10th Anniversary Concert (2008)
- Audumla (2010)
Ether Feather
- Devil Shadowless Hand (2019)
- Songs of Resistance (2018)
- Miss Info (2018)
- New Optimism (2018)
David Lord
- Forest Standards (2018)
- Tara Jane O'Neil (2017)
Deerhoof
- Mountain Moves (2017)
Redressers
- To Each According... (2004)
Wholphin DVD magazine, No. 7
- Look at the Sun (short film soundtrack) (2008)
- Diaspora Suite (2008)
- Let Me Down Easy (soundtrack for Anna Deavere Smith play) (2008)
Fred Frith, Larry Ochs, Darren Johnston, Devra Hoff, Ches Smith
- Reasons for Moving (2007)
Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Ches Smith, Devra Hoff
- Calling All Portraits (2008)
Carla Bozulich (feat. Willie Nelson)
- The Red Headed Stranger (2003)
Evangelista
- The Prince of Truth (2009)
- The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact (2006)
Howard Wiley
- Angola Project (2006)
Odessa Chen
- Ballad of Paper Ships (2006)
- The Archives (2011)
- Flowering Spade (2007)
- Run Wolves Run (2010)
AwkWard with Kira Roessler
- In Progress (2018)
References
[edit]- ^ "Devra Hoff". Bandcamp. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
Devra Hoff (she/they, fka devin hoff)
- ^ Chris (October 26, 2018). "Julia Holter x gorilla vs. bear takeover: Devin Hoff". Gorilla vs. Bear. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ "Devin Hoff". Bay Improviser. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ Thompson, Stephen (October 7, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten: Tiny Desk Concert". NPR.org. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Shannon Lay: I'm Wailing for Everybody!". larecord.com. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Devin Hoff". New Music USA. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ Cohan, Brad (February 14, 2019). "Bass Wars". Rock and Roll Globe. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ CAS (February 9, 2021). "Laurie Anderson's Top Five Albums of All Time". Classic Album Sundays. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ "Stream Caustics' Touch - The Wire". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Shannon Lay – Living Water (2017, Vinyl), retrieved February 12, 2021
- ^ "The Nels Cline Singers - Instrumentals". Discogs. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ The Nels Cline Singers – The Giant Pin (2004, CD), retrieved February 12, 2021
- ^ "The Nels Cline Singers - Draw Breath". Discogs. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ The Nels Cline Singers – Initiate (2010, CD), retrieved February 12, 2021
- ^ Nels Cline – New Monastery (A View Into The Music Of Andrew Hill) (2006, CD), retrieved February 12, 2021
- ^ "Nels Cline - Dirty Baby". Discogs. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Nels Cline – Lovers (2016, CD), retrieved February 12, 2021
External links
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- Living people
- Avant-garde jazz musicians
- American rock bass guitarists
- Singers from Colorado
- Guitarists from Colorado
- American male bass guitarists
- 21st-century American double-bassists
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- The Nels Cline Singers members
- NoBusiness Records artists
- Good for Cows members
- Xiu Xiu members
- Double-bassist stubs