The flash animation features:
Anna Hoffmann composer/arranger based in Boston Massachusetts.
Anna Hoffmann is a talented saxophonist, from Munich, performing on alto sax & baritone sax, bass clarinet and flute.
Studies at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and University Of Music Nuremberg,
Berklee College of Music in Boston - 2006 Bachelor Of Music
Dual Major in Jazz Composition & Performance.
2007-2009 Studies - New England Conservatory in Boston - Jazz Composition
(Jerry Begonzi Ensemble) performed with many other notable musicians.
The flash animation presents the NEC Jazz Composer’s Orchestra with one of her latest projects:
The Composition
"Three Brothers (Ralph, Rolf & Ralf)"
The title of this Jazz Composition was inspired by a bass player, Ralf.
At the same time the title is certainly a play on words on the Jimmy Guiffre Bebop composition “Four Brothers” and its spin off “Five Brothers” by Gerry Mulligan.
The music itself is not in the same style as those compositions. A certain West Coast Jazz lightness and positive feel maybe the single common element.
“Three Brothers” brings together non-functional harmony, cross sectional orchestration, three tonic systems and a modulating five-part canon with the pop jazz style. The main motive keeps reappearing through out the entire piece.
The flash animation photos show:
The Anna Hoffmann Octet
This Boston based Jazz Octet features a three piece horn section, cello, vibraphone, guitar, bass, drums and piano. Composer/Arranger Saxophonist Anna Hoffmann founded the group in 2005.
The Repertoire focuses on Originals by the group and some arrangements of tunes by contemporary artists like Kenny Garrett, Joshua Redman and Urban Knights. Some of the repertoire is more Funk oriented while other tunes are more Straight Ahead and Contemporary Jazz.
The main influences are the Yellowjackets, Steely Dan, San Francisco Jazz Collective, Herbie Hancock, Maria Schneider, Joshua Redman and Kenny Garrett.
Anna Hoffmann on bariton sax at the Fred Wesley Concert
