# Devra Hoff

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{{short description|American bassist, composer and arranger}}
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'''Devra Hoff''' is an American bassist, composer, and arranger.<ref name="2024 Washington Post">{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Michael J. |title=Musicians of Mendoza Hoff Revels love the weird parts of jazz and rock |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/12/18/mendoza-hoff-revels-concert-dc/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218192552/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/12/18/mendoza-hoff-revels-concert-dc/ |archive-date=18 December 2024 |date=18 December 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2021 Guardian">{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Jude |title=Devin Hoff: Voices from the Empty Moor review – stellar lineup for the twists of Anne Briggs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/26/devin-hoff-voices-from-the-empty-moor-review-anne-briggs |website=The Guardian |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=26 November 2021}}</ref> She is a member of [Sharon Van Etten](/source/Sharon_Van_Etten) & the Attachment Theory<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Paul |first1=Larisha |title=Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory Announce Debut Album, Tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sharon-van-etten-and-the-attachment-theory-album-announcement-1235140774/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=23 October 2024}}</ref> and co-founder of Mendoza Hoff Revels with [Ava Mendoza](/source/Ava_Mendoza).<ref name="2024 Washington Post" /> She is a [trans woman](/source/trans_woman). 

== Career ==

Hoff composed work for the [''Wholphin''](/source/Wholphin_(DVD_magazine)) short film ''Look at the Sun'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Devin Hoff |url=https://lpr.com/lpr_artists/devin-hoff/ |website=LPR |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> performed on the soundtrack for [Anna Deavere Smith](/source/Anna_Deavere_Smith)'s ''Let Me Down Easy'', and released three albums of solo and multi-tracked contrabass material: ''Solo Bass'' (2009), ''Baile as Baile'' (2019), and ''Sigils'' (2018).<ref name="2021 Backseat Mafia">{{cite web |last1=Sawle |first1=Chris |title=Album review: Devin Hoff – 'Voices From The Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs)': the canon of the Notts folk free spirit judiciously reinvented |url=https://www.backseatmafia.com/album-review-devin-hoff-voices-from-the-empty-moor-songs-of-anne-briggs-the-canon-of-the-notts-free-folk-spirit-judiciously-reinvented/ |website=Backseat Mafia |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=8 November 2021}}</ref> [Laurie Anderson](/source/Laurie_Anderson) named ''Solo Bass'' as one of her top 5 favorite albums of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CAS|date=2021-02-09|title=Laurie Anderson's Top Five Albums of All Time|url=https://classicalbumsundays.com/laurie-andersons-top-five-albums-of-all-time/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Classic Album Sundays|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2021, [Kill Rock Stars](/source/Kill_Rock_Stars) released Hoff's ''Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs)'', an album of works by English folk singer [Anne Briggs](/source/Anne_Briggs); arranged and with bass performances by Hoff, the release features artists including [Julia Holter](/source/Julia_Holter), [Shannon Lay](/source/Shannon_Lay), Sharon Van Etten, [Emmett Kelly](/source/Emmett_Kelly_(musician)), and [Jim White](/source/Jim_White_(drummer)).<ref name="2021 Guardian" /> Hoff's many other collaborators include [Nels Cline](/source/Nels_Cline), [Cibo Matto](/source/Cibo_Matto),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Devin Hoff|url=https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/devin-hoff/|access-date=2021-02-13|website=New Music USA|language=en}}</ref> [Kira Roessler](/source/Kira_Roessler),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohan|first=Brad|date=2019-02-14|title=Bass Wars|url=https://rockandrollglobe.com/jazz/bass-warsa-spiel-with-devin-hoff-and-kira-from-awkward/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Rock and Roll Globe|language=en-US}}</ref> and [Xiu Xiu](/source/Xiu_Xiu),<ref name=":0" /> and she has released several albums with [Ches Smith](/source/Ches_Smith) as [Good for Cows](/source/Good_for_Cows).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ches Smith & Devin Hoff (Good for Cows) w/ Mary Halverson, Jessica Pavone and Zs |url=https://roulette.org/event/ches-smith-devin-hoff-good-for-cows-w-mary-halverson-jessica-pavone-zs-2/ |website=Roulette |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref>

==Selected discography==

===Solo===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Label
|-
|2008
|''Solo Bass''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chandler |first1=Tom |title=Devin Hoff: Solo Bass |url=https://eastbayexpress.com/devin-hoff-1/ |website=East Bay Express |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=22 October 2008}}</ref>
|
|-
|2018
|''Sigils''
|Stoned To Death
|-
|2019
|''Baile as Baile''
|Devil Hoof
|-
|2025
|''Solve, Coagula''
|Switch Hit
|}

===As leader and co-leader===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Artist
!Title
!Label
!Personnel
|-
|2001
|[Good for Cows](/source/Good_for_Cows)
|''Good for Cogs''
|Evander Music
|Hoff, [Smith](/source/Ches_Smith)
|-
|2003
|Good for Cows
|''Less Than or Equal To''
|Free Porcupine Society
|Hoff, Smith
|-
|2004
|Redressers
|''To Each According...''
|
|Hoff, Smith, Marika Hughes, Carla Kihlstedt
|-
|2004
|Good for Cows
|''Bebop Fantasy''
|[Asian Man](/source/Asian_Man_Records)
|Hoff, Smith
|-
|2008
|Good for Cows
|''10th Anniversary Concert''
|Bleeding Ear
|Hoff, Smith
|-
|2010
|Good for Cows
|''Audumla''
|Web of Mimicry
|Hoff, Smith
|-
|2018
|AwkWard
|''In Progress''
|
|Hoff, [Kira Roessler](/source/Kira_Roessler)
|-
|2020
|Caustics
|''Touch''
|Deathbomb Arc / Moone
|Hoff, Yasi Perera, [Josiah Wolf](/source/Josiah_Wolf), John Dieterich<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stream Caustics' Touch - The Wire|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/stream-caustic-s-touch|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|Hoff
|''Voices From the Empty Moor''<ref name="2021 Guardian" />
|[Kill Rock Stars](/source/Kill_Rock_Stars)
|Hoff ft. [Van Etten](/source/Sharon_Van_Etten), [Holter](/source/Julia_Holter), Wiley, [Lay](/source/Shannon_Lay), Farha, [Kelly](/source/Emmett_Kelly_(musician)), [White](/source/Jim_White_(drummer))<ref name="2021 Backseat Mafia" />
|-
|2023
|Mendoza Hoff Revels
|''Echolocation''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kitching |first1=Sean |title=Mendoza Hoff Revels: Echolocation |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/mendoza-hoff-revels-echolocation-review/ |website=The Quietus |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=12 October 2023}}</ref>
|[AUM Fidelity](/source/AUM_Fidelity)
|Hoff, [Ava Mendoza](/source/Ava_Mendoza), Smith, [James Brandon Lewis](/source/James_Brandon_Lewis)
|}

===As sideperson===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Artist
!Title
!Label
|-
|2002
|[The Nels Cline Singers](/source/The_Nels_Cline_Singers)
|''[Instrumentals](/source/Instrumentals_(Nels_Cline_Singers_album))''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Brendan |title=Instrumentals: The Nels Cline Singers |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1510-instrumentals/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=6 November 2002}}</ref>
|[Cryptogramophone](/source/Cryptogramophone_Records)
|-
|2003
|Carla Bozulich (ft. [Willie Nelson](/source/Willie_Nelson))
|''[The Red Headed Stranger](/source/The_Red_Headed_Stranger)''
|DiCristina Stair Builders
|-
|2004
|The Nels Cline Singers
|''[The Giant Pin](/source/The_Giant_Pin)''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenlee |first1=Steve |title=The Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin (Cryptogramophone) |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/the-nels-cline-singers-the-giant-pin-cryptogramophone/ |website=JazzTimes |access-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714183055/https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/the-nels-cline-singers-the-giant-pin-cryptogramophone/ |archive-date=14 July 2022 |date=13 July 2022}}</ref>
|Cryptogramophone
|-
|2005
|[Xiu Xiu](/source/Xiu_Xiu)
|''[La Forêt](/source/La_For%C3%AAt_(album))''
|[5 Rue Christine](/source/5_Rue_Christine)
|-
|2006
|Xiu Xiu
|''[The Air Force](/source/The_Air_Force)''
|5 Rue Christine
|-
|2006
|[Nels Cline](/source/Nels_Cline)
|''[New Monastery](/source/New_Monastery)''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Milkowski |first1=Bill |title=Nels Cline: New Monastery |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/nels-cline-new-monastery/ |website=JazzTimes |access-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614122032/https://jazztimes.com/archives/nels-cline-new-monastery/ |archive-date=14 June 2021 |date=1 December 2006}}</ref>
|Cryptogramophone
|-
|2006
|[Ben Goldberg](/source/Ben_Goldberg) Quintet
|''The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact''
|Cryptogramophone
|-
|2006
|Howard Wiley
|''Angola Project''
|
|-
|2006
|Odessa Chen
|''Ballad of Paper Ships''
|
|-
|2007
|The Nels Cline Singers
|''[Draw Breath](/source/Draw_Breath)''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leitko |first1=Aaron |title=Draw Breath: The Nels Cline Singers |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10725-draw-breath/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=19 October 2007}}</ref>
|Cryptogramophone
|-
|2007
|[Frith](/source/Fred_Frith), [Ochs](/source/Larry_Ochs_(musician)), Johnston, Hoff, [Smith](/source/Ches_Smith)
|''Reasons for Moving''
|Not Two
|-
|2007
|[Sean Hayes](/source/Sean_Hayes_(musician))
|''[Flowering Spade](/source/Flowering_Spade)''
|
|-
|2008
|[Halvorson](/source/Mary_Halvorson), [Pavone](/source/Jessica_Pavone), [Smith](/source/Ches_Smith), Hoff
|''Calling All Portraits''
|Skycap
|-
|2008
|[Steven Bernstein](/source/Steven_Bernstein_(musician))
|''Diaspora Suite''
|[Tzadik](/source/Tzadik_Records)
|-
|2009
|Evangelista
|''The Prince of Truth''
|
|-
|2010
|Nels Cline
|''[Dirty Baby](/source/Dirty_Baby)''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corroto |first1=Mark |title=Nels Cline: Dirty Baby |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/dirty-baby-nels-cline-cryptogramophone-review-by-mark-corroto |website=All About Jazz |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=21 November 2010}}</ref>
|Cryptogramophone
|-
|2010
|[ROVA](/source/ROVA) + The Nels Cline Singers
|''[The Celestial Septet](/source/The_Celestial_Septet)''
|[New World](/source/New_World_Records)
|-
|2010
|The Nels Cline Singers
|''[Initiate](/source/Initiate_(Nels_Cline_Singers_album))''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tangari |first1=Joe |title=The Nels Cline Singers: Initiate |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14139-initiate/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=16 April 2010}}</ref>
|Cryptogramophone
|-
|2010
|Sean Hayes
|''[Run Wolves Run](/source/Run_Wolves_Run)''
|
|-
|2011
|Odessa Chen
|''The Archives''
|
|-
|2012
|Xiu Xiu
|''[Always](/source/Always_(Xiu_Xiu_album))''
|[Polyvinyl](/source/Polyvinyl_Record_Co.)
|-
|2013
|[Julia Holter](/source/Julia_Holter)
|''[Loud City Song](/source/Loud_City_Song)''
|[Domino](/source/Domino_Recording_Company)
|-
|2015
|Julia Holter
|''[Have You in My Wilderness](/source/Have_You_in_My_Wilderness)''
|Domino
|-
|2016
|Nels Cline
|''[Lovers](/source/Lovers_(Nels_Cline_album))''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Mark |title=Nels Cline: Lovers |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/lovers-nels-cline-blue-note-records-review-by-mark-sullivan |website=All About Jazz |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=23 September 2016}}</ref>
|[Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note_Records)
|-
|2017
|[Deerhoof](/source/Deerhoof)
|''[Mountain Moves](/source/Mountain_Moves)''
|[Joyful Noise](/source/Joyful_Noise_Recordings)
|-
|2017
|[Tara Jane O'Neil](/source/Tara_Jane_O'Neil)
|''Tara Jane O'Neil''
|Gnomonsong
|-
|2017
|Julia Holter
|''[In the Same Room](/source/In_the_Same_Room)''
|Domino
|-
|2017
|Xiu Xiu
|''[Forget](/source/Forget_(Xiu_Xiu_album))''
|Polyvinyl
|-
|2017
|[Shannon Lay](/source/Shannon_Lay)
|''Living Water''
|Woodsist / Mare
|-
|2018
|[New Optimism](/source/Miho_Hatori)
|''Amazon To LeFrak''
|Phantom Limb
|-
|2018
|[Miss Information](/source/Miho_Hatori)
|''Sequence''
|[Pioneer Works](/source/Pioneer_Works)
|-
|2018
|Julia Holter
|[''Aviary''](/source/Aviary_(album))
|Domino
|-
|2018
|[Marc Ribot](/source/Marc_Ribot)
|''Songs of Resistance''
|[Anti-](/source/Anti-_(record_label))
|-
|2018
|David Lord
|''Forest Standards''
|
|-
|2019
|Xiu Xiu
|''[Girl with Basket of Fruit](/source/Girl_with_Basket_of_Fruit)''
|Polyvinyl
|-
|2019
|Ether Feather
|''Devil Shadowless Hand''
|
|-
|2021
|Shannon Lay
|''Geist''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Madden |first1=Emma |title=Shannon Lay: Geist |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/shannon-lay-geist/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=12 October 2021}}</ref>
|[Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop)
|-
|2022
|[Sharon Van Etten](/source/Sharon_Van_Etten)
|''[We've Been Going About This All Wrong](/source/We've_Been_Going_About_This_All_Wrong)''
|[Jagjaguwar](/source/Jagjaguwar)
|-
|2024
|Julia Holter
|''[Something in the Room She Moves](/source/Something_in_the_Room_She_Moves)''
|Domino
|-
|}

==References==
{{Notelist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/326722-Devin-Hoff Devin Hoff - Discogs]

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