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Paul HOFMANN
Paul Hofmann was born in Buffalo, New York in 1962. His parents were
Paul's first piano teachers, and he went on to study at the National
Music Camp (Interlochen, Michigan) and at the Eastman School of Music,
where he now serves full-time on the Eastman Community Music School
faculty.
In this capacity Paul teaches private composition and jazz piano instruction,
as well as teaching a variety of classes and improvisation workshops
ranging from Jazz Composition & Arranging and Jazz Lab Band to
three innovative classes Hofmann has introduced into the curriculum:
New Inventions, New Etudes and Contemporary Popular Composition.
Paul also remains active as a performer, composer and recording artist;
and when time permits(!) as a producer and music columnist.
In addition to Hofmann's dual role as composer and pianist for Sons
of Sound (currently appearing on both Interconnection and Out
of the Darkness with guitarist Bob Sneider), Paul is represented
as composer on vocalist Kevin Mahogany's Double
Rainbow (Enja
Records) and on the Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra's A
Miracle (Sea
Breeze Records), as pianist on The Kansas City
Boulevard Big Band (Sea Breeze), and in both roles on drummer
Michael Melito's 'Bout
Time! and My Conception (MHR Records).
Since 1991, MHR Records has been a primary outlet for Hofmann's piano
playing and composing. His twelve projects released to date have been
remarkably varied, consisting of everything from solo piano performances
to duets to jazz trio, quartet and quintet arrangements, and have featured
exceptional sidemen (including many highly regarded jazz artists).
Paul's latest solo CD is a series of piano improvisations that serve
as the pedagogical basis of his New Inventions class.
Paul has performed and recorded with some of the finest musicians
in the world, including his ongoing duo with fellow Sons of Sound recording
artist Bob Sneider. He has several notable television and radio appearances
to his credit, and currently resides in Rochester, New York with his
wife Ivy and daughter Sarah.
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