Photo Credit: Stephanie McNiel
Christopher Hoffman
Based in Wassaic, cellist and composer Christopher Hoffman has carved a singular path through contemporary music—working with Henry Threadgill, Darius Jones, Anat Cohen’s Grammy-nominated Tentet, James Brandon Lewis, Martin Scorsese on Shutter Island, and a wide range of leading artists across jazz and experimental music. His new solo album, REX, was recorded in the former home of painter Rex Brasher, where Hoffman now resides on a 116-acre estate. Blending acoustic and electric cello, the record presents Hoffman at his most direct and unaccompanied, shaped by two decades of collaboration at the highest levels of creative music. His previous two releases on Out Of Your Head Records both received wide critical acclaim, Vision Is The Identity (2024) as “a vital slice of contemporary New York” by Jazz Journal, and Asp Nimbus (2021) as “arguably the most fascinating session of 2021” by Bandcamp.
Appears on:
OOYH 009: Christopher Hoffman - Asp Nimbus
OOYH 025: Michaël Attias - Quartet Music Vol. I: LuMiSong
OOYH 026: Christopher Hoffman - Vision Is The Identity
OOYH 028: Kenny Warren - Sweet World
OOYH 040: Christopher Hoffman - REX