Devin Hoff is a musician and songwriter born in Colorado whose main instruments are double bass and bass guitar. He has worked in many musical contexts and with a wide array of jazz, free jazz, avant-garde rock, and folk musicians, including Nels Cline, Vijay Iyer, Xiu Xiu, Carla Bozulich, Ben Goldberg, Howard Wiley, and Good for Cows.
His first regular band as a composer/leader was Redressers (with Carla Kihlstedt, Marika Hughes and Ches Smith).
He wrote and recorded an album of solo double bass music, Solo Bass (2009), and continues to perform in that medium.
He currently lives in Chicago, IL.
Devin Hoff
Redressers
Xiu Xiu
Nels Cline
ROVA + The Nels Cline Singers
Wholphin DVD magazine, No. 7
Fred Frith, Larry Ochs, Darren Johnston, Devin Hoff, Ches Smith
Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Ches Smith, Devin Hoff
Carla Bozulich (feat. Willie Nelson)