About Eric Hofbauer

“It’s guitarists like Eric Hofbauer that can make life so very interesting,” declares PopMatters.com’s John Garratt. Critics have called his music “intriguingly original” (Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes), “unique and distinct” (Tom Greenland, AllAboutJazz-New York), “both mischievous and playful” (Edwin Pouncey, Jazzwise) and “as unassumingly compelling as anything out there” (Nic Jones, AllAboutJazz.com). “Technically Hofbauer can obviously play the standard jazz guitar game,” adds Signal To Noise’s Robert Iannapollo, “but it’s clear he doesn’t want to be hemmed in by the clichés of its tradition.”

Known as “a crucial instigator in Boston’s DIY avant-jazz scene” (Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix), Hofbauer has been one of the city’s most active musicians and organizers for the past decade. When not documenting his own distinctive approach as a solo guitarist, or leading his working quartet, The Infrared Band, he is performing and recording with such ensembles as the Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer Duo, Garrison Fewell’s Variable Density Sound Orchestra and Charlie Kohlhase’s Explorer’s Club. He is also a recent winner of the prestigious Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Music Composition, and a teacher of jazz guitar and jazz history at Emerson College and The University of Rhode Island.

Featured Discography

Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band, LEVEL (Creative Nation Music, 2011)

These Two Things

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The Faction

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Eric Hofbauer, American Fear (Creative Nation Music, 2010)

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

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Bailout Blues

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Garrison Fewell’s Variable Density Sound Orchestra, Sound Particle 47 (Creative Nation Music, 2010)

Terra Firma, Terra Incognita

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Betty’s Bounce

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Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band, Myth Understanding (Creative Nation Music, 2008)

A Drunk Monk

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Fortuna Spins The Wheel

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Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer Duo, The Lady of Khartoum (Creative Nation Music, 2008)

The Lady Of Khartoum

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Farsighted Friendship

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