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"[a] tenor saxophonist to watch out for..." -Jazztimes

Alex will be appearing at the RLounge as part of RLife in the Renaissance Hotel in Times Square on Wednesday evenings in October from 9:30 to 12.  
"...his love to play and passion to swing with authority penetrates through the barriers with the maturity of a veteran musician."
-Rob Young, The Urban Flux

"Always Surprising"
-Michael Steinman, Jazz Lives


"Gliding muscular work...a pleasant revelation."
- Doug Ramsey, Jazz Journalists Association Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient



A native of Washington , D.C. , Alex Hoffman now lives in New York City , where his musical mentors include Barry Harris, Ralph Lalama, and Brian Lynch.  Since moving to New York in 2005, Alex has performed with such artists as the Jimmy Heath Big Band, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and Brian Lynch, at venues ranging from Lincoln Center to Smalls Jazz Club to the Blue Note to Birdland.  (On beautiful afternoons in spring, summer, and fall, New Yorkers may also have heard Alex play in Central Park .) 

Alex first started playing saxophone when he was nine years old.  By the time he was twelve, he was passionate about the instrument and about jazz.  While in high school, Alex was twice a member of the Grammy 
High School Jazz Ensembles, a semi-finalist in the Fish Middleton Jazz Scholarship Competition, and selected for the Vail Jazz Workshop. 

Alex received his bachelor’s degree from 
New York University in the spring of 2009 and he was recently selected as a semi-finalist for the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition.  He looks forward to continuing his study of and immersion in jazz, and his development as a musician.

A huge thanks to all of my supporters who made my new CD possible: Rich Moyers, Marcia Tollefson, Champian Fulton, Jordan Cohen, Owen Summers, Joan Kleinman and Sam Witten, Liam Byrne, Aaron Johnson, Alexi David, Jacob Melchior, John Beletic, Brian Lynch, Nadia Mohamed, Arnie Hoffman, Connie MacNamee, Jeff and Ellen Gilbert, Debbie Levy and Rick Hoffman, Barry and Sue Trebach, Nancy and David Lesser, Bryan and Jennifer Mayster, Andrew Kerns, Jerry and Sharon Ricucci, Jutta Levy, Brian Heltsley and Ann Hoffman, Burton and Libby Hoffman, Matt and Judy Gilbert, and Louis Frank.
Photo by Michelle Watt