Dave Hofstra
David Carl "Dave" Hofstra (born May 21, 1953, Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American jazz double-bassist. He also plays bass guitar and tuba. Hofstra was an autodidact on bass. He worked with Robin Holcomb, John Zorn, Joel Forrester, and Dave Sewelson in the late 1970s. In 1980 and 1981, he was a founding member of The Waitresses, a new wave band based in Akron, Ohio, and played on their 1982 studio album, Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?. He was active primarily in New York from the 1980s, playing with William Parker, Lou Grassi, Denis Charles, Elliott Sharp, Paul Shapiro, Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, Saheb Sarbib, Bobby Radcliff, Jemeel Moondoc, Marie McAuliffe, Bill Frisell, Robin Eubanks, Greg Osby, David Rosenbloom, Phillip Johnston, Chris Kelsey, Rachelle Garniez, Clare Daly, William Gagliardi, and Robin Holcomb. He is also a founding member of The Microscopic Septet, and has played on every one of their eight albums.
Genre: free-jazz, avant-garde, bebop
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Top Tracks
- Fever
- Prodigal Son Revisited
- Nightbirds: Open 24 hours
- 7 Testimonies
- Interlude
- With The Hammer Down
- Pliant Plaint
- The House That Brings a Smile: Part 3
- The House That Brings a Smile: Part 2
- The House That Brings a Smile: Part 1
- The Montana Section
- After All
- Steel Sol
- Some Other Time (feat. Peter Grant, Dave Hofstra & Eli Yamin)
- Love Me Or Leave Me (feat. Peter Grant, Dave Hofstra & Eli Yamin)
- Bye-Ya (feat. Peter Grant, Dave Hofstra & Eli Yamin)
- A Bientot (feat. Peter Grant, Dave Hofstra & Eli Yamin)
- Birdie Bye (feat. Peter Grant, Dave Hofstra & Eli Yamin)
- Goodbye Porkpie Hat (feat. Peter Grant, Dave Hofstra & Eli Yamin)
- If Ever I Would Leave You (feat. Peter Grant, Dave Hofstra, Eli Yamin & James Zollar)
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