Devra Hoff is an American bassist, composer, and arranger.
She is a member of
Sharon Van Etten
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& the Attachment Theory and co-founder of Mendoza Hoff Revels with
Ava Mendoza.
Career
Hoff composed work for the
''Wholphin'' short film ''Look at the Sun'', performed on the soundtrack for
Anna Deavere Smith
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'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).
Laurie Anderson
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work encompasses performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and sculpting,Amirkhanian, Cha ...
named ''Solo Bass'' as one of her top 5 favorite albums of all time. In 2021,
Kill Rock Stars
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released Hoff's ''Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs)'', an album of works by English folk singer
Anne Briggs
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; 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
Nels Courtney Cline (born January 4, 1956) is an American guitarist and composer. He has been a guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004.
In the 1980s he played jazz, often in collaboration with his twin brother Alex, a percussionist. He has wor ...
,
Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto (, Italian language, Italian for "crazy food") was an American alternative rock band formed by Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori in New York City in 1994. Their first album, ''Viva! La Woman'' (1996), had lyrics primarily concerned with food. ...
,
, and
Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu ( ) is an American experimental rock band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. Currently, the line-up consists of multi-instrumentalists Stewart (the only constant member since formation), Angel ...
,
and she has released several albums with
Ches Smith
Ches Smith is an American musician, whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and vibraphone.
He recorded and performed an album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled ''Congs for Brums'' (2006). In 2010 he released ''Noise to Men''. ...
as
Good for Cows.
Selected discography
Solo
As leader and co-leader
As sideperson
References
External links
Devin Hoff - Discogs
Living people
Avant-garde jazz musicians
American rock bass guitarists
Singers from Colorado
Guitarists from Colorado
American women bass guitarists
21st-century American double-bassists
21st-century American women musicians
American women jazz musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
The Nels Cline Singers members
NoBusiness Records artists
Good for Cows members
Xiu Xiu members
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