Amos Hoffman

Probably one of the most unique instrumentalists in jazz and globe music, Amos Hoffman (pronounced ah-moos) takes on your guitar and oud. Given birth to Apr 19, 1970, in Jerusalem, Israel, his parents weren’t involved with music, but his dad was a sculptor and painter, therefore various creative pursuits were motivated. Hoffman began playing acoustic guitar at age six like a traditional musician. On his 8th birthday, his dad offered him an oud as a present-day. He never analyzed the oud officially, but trained himself. While at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, he spent much less time learning and instead began to pursue overall performance opportunities at age 17. Early affects for Hoffman included Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, and Stevie Question. He lived for a while in Amsterdam, Holland, inside a finding mode, after that at age 20 he remaining for NY and briefly enrolled at the brand new School. For another a decade, Hoffman collaborated with jazz music artists such as for example Denis Charles, Sam Newsome, Jumma Santos, Jason Lindner, Omer Avital, Jay Collins, Ben Wolfe, and Evelyn Blakey, and began a prominent romantic relationship in the rings of bassist Avishai Cohen. He also documented his debut recording, The Dreamer, for the new Audio/New Talent label with Jorge Rossy and Duane Eubanks. During his stay static in NY, he analyzed oud and maqam with Lebanese ney and oud participant Bassam Saba. In 1999, he came back to Israel to reside in Tel Aviv, and he proceeds to perform world-wide and teach, occasionally playing with going to music artists Maucha Adnet and Papa Noel. Hoffman offers explored his Ashkenazi/Eastern Western roots, and made up the music for his Na’ama recording, released in 2006 on Magda Information. On Na’ama, Hoffman will pay homage towards the customs of traditional Arabic music — the taqasim (improvisation) as well as the maqam (scales). The initial compositions are influenced by the fantastic Arab composers from the 20th hundred years. Further going after his enthusiasm for merging jazz with Middle Eastern music, the RazDaz label recording Evolution can be an exploration of melodies and rhythms that incorporate compositional and improvisational components common to both musical styles, offering Avishai Cohen and two of Israel’s most prominent music artists — cultural percussionist Ilan Katchka and flute participant Ilan Salem.