Azica Records, Inc.
Product Review...

JAZZ L.A. Jazz Scene

February 1996

Tales of Hofmann

Azica Jazz AJD-72203

Holly Hofmann, flute

Bill Cunliffe, piano

  • Holly Hofmann is such a talented flutist that it is remarkable that she is still not all that well-known; certainly she ranks up there with Frank Wess and Lew Tabackin among the bop-oriented players. On her set for Azica, she enlisted a particularly strong supporting cast (trumpeter Bobby Shew, pianist Bill Cunliffe, bassist Bob Magnusson and drummer Victor Lewis) for a set dominated by obscure but superior material.

    Hofmann's opening cadenza to one of the date's two standards ("Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise") gets the set off to a particular (sic) strong start all of the tracks that follow

    Reviewed by Scott Yanow

    •

    Return To Tales of Hofmann

    Azica Records, Inc. 
    © 2001 Azica Records, Inc.
    email egre@azica.com