Devin Hoff

Devin Hoff is an American jazz and improvisation musician (double bass, electric bass).

Life and work

Hoff worked since the late 1990s in the jazz scene of San Francisco Ua with Mahanaim Satya and founded the early 2000s with Ches Smith, the experimental duo Good for Cows. In addition, he also worked among others with Carla Kihlstedt, Vijay Iyer, Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone ( Calling All Portraits 2008), Ken Vandermark, Scott Amendola, Nels Cline and Ben Goldberg, with rock and folk bands. In the field of jazz, he was involved 1999-2012 to 37 recording sessions.

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Albums under his own name

• Good for Cows
• Memory from Below
• Plays Monk, with Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola

Solo Bass

Albums as a sideman

• Darren Johnston / Fred Frith / Devin Hoff / Larry Ochs / Ches Smith: Reasons For Moving ( Not Two Records, 2007)
• Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Devin Hoff, Ches Smith: Calling All Portraits ( skycap Records, 2008)
• Made To Break - Ken Vandermark, Christof short man, Devin Hoff, Tim Daisy: Lacerba ( Clean Feed Records, 2013