Devra Hoff
{{short description|American bassist, composer and arranger}}
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Devra Hoff is an American bassist, composer, and arranger.{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Michael J. |title=Musicians of Mendoza Hoff Revels love the weird parts of jazz and rock |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/12/18/mendoza-hoff-revels-concert-dc/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218192552/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/12/18/mendoza-hoff-revels-concert-dc/ |archive-date=18 December 2024 |date=18 December 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Jude |title=Devin Hoff: Voices from the Empty Moor review – stellar lineup for the twists of Anne Briggs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/26/devin-hoff-voices-from-the-empty-moor-review-anne-briggs |website=The Guardian |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=26 November 2021}} She is a member of Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Larisha |title=Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory Announce Debut Album, Tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sharon-van-etten-and-the-attachment-theory-album-announcement-1235140774/ |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=23 October 2024}} and co-founder of Mendoza Hoff Revels with Ava Mendoza.
Career
Hoff composed work for the Wholphin short film Look at the Sun,{{cite web |title=Devin Hoff |url=https://lpr.com/lpr_artists/devin-hoff/ |website=LPR |access-date=25 January 2025}} performed on the soundtrack for Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy, and released three albums of solo and multi-tracked contrabass material: Solo Bass (2009), Baile as Baile (2019), and Sigils (2018).{{cite web |last1=Sawle |first1=Chris |title=Album review: Devin Hoff – ‘Voices From The Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs)’: the canon of the Notts folk free spirit judiciously reinvented |url=https://www.backseatmafia.com/album-review-devin-hoff-voices-from-the-empty-moor-songs-of-anne-briggs-the-canon-of-the-notts-free-folk-spirit-judiciously-reinvented/ |website=Backseat Mafia |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=8 November 2021}} Laurie Anderson named Solo Bass as one of her top 5 favorite albums of all time.{{Cite web|last=CAS|date=2021-02-09|title=Laurie Anderson's Top Five Albums of All Time|url=https://classicalbumsundays.com/laurie-andersons-top-five-albums-of-all-time/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Classic Album Sundays|language=en-GB}} In 2021, Kill Rock Stars released Hoff's Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs), an album of works by English folk singer Anne Briggs; arranged and with bass performances by Hoff, the release features artists including Julia Holter, Shannon Lay, Sharon Van Etten, Emmett Kelly, and Jim White. Hoff's many other collaborators include Nels Cline, Cibo Matto,{{Cite web|title=Devin Hoff|url=https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/devin-hoff/|access-date=2021-02-13|website=New Music USA|language=en}} Kira Roessler,{{Cite web|last=Cohan|first=Brad|date=2019-02-14|title=Bass Wars|url=https://rockandrollglobe.com/jazz/bass-warsa-spiel-with-devin-hoff-and-kira-from-awkward/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Rock and Roll Globe|language=en-US}} and Xiu Xiu, and she has released several albums with Ches Smith as Good for Cows.{{cite web |title=Ches Smith & Devin Hoff (Good for Cows) w/ Mary Halverson, Jessica Pavone and Zs |url=https://roulette.org/event/ches-smith-devin-hoff-good-for-cows-w-mary-halverson-jessica-pavone-zs-2/ |website=Roulette |access-date=25 January 2025}}
Selected discography
=Solo=
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| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2008
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| 2018
|Sigils |Stoned To Death | ||
| 2019
|Baile as Baile |Devil Hoof | ||
| 2025
|Solve, Coagula |Switch Hit |
=As leader and co-leader=
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| 2001
|Good for Cogs |Evander Music |Hoff, Smith |
| 2003
|Good for Cows |Less Than or Equal To |Free Porcupine Society |Hoff, Smith |
| 2004
|Redressers |To Each According... | |Hoff, Smith, Marika Hughes, Carla Kihlstedt |
| 2004
|Good for Cows |Bebop Fantasy |Hoff, Smith |
| 2008
|Good for Cows |10th Anniversary Concert |Bleeding Ear |Hoff, Smith |
| 2010
|Good for Cows |Audumla |Web of Mimicry |Hoff, Smith |
| 2018
|AwkWard |In Progress | |Hoff, Kira Roessler |
| 2020
|Caustics |Touch |Deathbomb Arc / Moone |Hoff, Yasi Perera, Josiah Wolf, John Dieterich{{Cite web|title=Stream Caustics' Touch - The Wire|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/stream-caustic-s-touch|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music|language=en}} |
| 2021
|Hoff |Hoff ft. Van Etten, Holter, Wiley, Lay, Farha, Kelly, White |
| 2023
|Mendoza Hoff Revels |Hoff, Ava Mendoza, Smith, James Brandon Lewis |
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References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/326722-Devin-Hoff Devin Hoff - Discogs]
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Category:Avant-garde jazz musicians
Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:Singers from Colorado
Category:Guitarists from Colorado
Category:American women bass guitarists
Category:21st-century American double-bassists
Category:21st-century American women musicians
Category:American women jazz musicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:The Nels Cline Singers members
Category:NoBusiness Records artists
Category:Good for Cows members
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