"[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.
