Amos Hoffman Trio, Wheel Session 60 at Underground Music

Wheel Session 60
Amos Hoffman Trio
Thursday, February 14
7:30 - 9:30 pm 
Underground Music
1801 Rutherford Rd
Greenville, SC 29609
Admission $15 (Cash only)

Amos Hoffman is an Israeli Jazz Guitarist and Oudist known worldwide as a pioneer in fusing the rhythms and melodic themes of the Middle East with Modern Jazz.
Hoffman started playing guitar at the age of 6, and oud a few years later. He studied guitar privately, and later attended the prestigious Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. His search for new musical experiences led him first to Amsterdam, and then to New York City, where he played jazz with both established musicians and up and coming talents like Jason Lindler, bassists and fellow Israelis Omer Avital and Avishai Cohen, and Chilean vocalist Claudia Acuna. Hoffman has recorded 4 solo albums, The Dreamer (1999), Na’ama (2006), Evolution (2008) and Carving (2010)....

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Wheel Session 60
Amos Hoffman Trio
Thursday, February 14
7:30 - 9:30 pm 
Underground Music
1801 Rutherford Rd
Greenville, SC 29609
Admission $15 (Cash only)

Amos Hoffman is an Israeli Jazz Guitarist and Oudist known worldwide as a pioneer in fusing the rhythms and melodic themes of the Middle East with Modern Jazz.
Hoffman started playing guitar at the age of 6, and oud a few years later. He studied guitar privately, and later attended the prestigious Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. His search for new musical experiences led him first to Amsterdam, and then to New York City, where he played jazz with both established musicians and up and coming talents like Jason Lindler, bassists and fellow Israelis Omer Avital and Avishai Cohen, and Chilean vocalist Claudia Acuna. Hoffman has recorded 4 solo albums, The Dreamer (1999), Na’ama (2006), Evolution (2008) and Carving (2010).
Hoffman has performed at venues both small and large in Israel and around the world He has also contributed on dozens more for artists in Israel (Idan Reichel and Nurit Galron) and worldwide including Avishai Cohen, Kiko Berenguer (Spain), and Jan Mlynarski (Poland). He was featured in Mezzo TV’s (France) Jazzmix Tel Aviv broadcast, and headlined at festivals in Israel, Turkey, Spain and France. Earlier this year, Amos was awarded one of Israel’s most prestigious prizes – The Landau Prize for Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in the field of Jazz for the year 2013. Amos Hoffman’s Jewish/Middle Eastern inspired Jazz, is a ride in a spice caravan who’s ultimate destination is an underground jazz club in the wee hours of the morning. Featuring melodic and rhythmic Eastern influences combined with a completely American sense of groove, Hoffman is a pioneer of the genre. Now based in Columbia, S.C., Hoffman looks forward to sharing his unique musical worldview with American audiences.

The “Wheel Sessions” is a jazz performance series hosted in Greenville South Carolina. Performances begin at 7:30 pm, and are held in front of an intimate listening audience. Attendees may BYOB.

Directions: When arriving at 1801 Rutherford Rd drive to the left, all the way behind the main building #1 and near the water tower. Park and follow the signs that lead you into Underground Music.

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