Eric Hofbauer

About the channel

Eric Hofbauer is a Boston-based jazz guitarist, composer, and bandleader. His work spans solo guitar, chamber jazz ensembles, and conceptual large-scale projects — all rooted in a fearlessly eclectic approach that connects jazz, blues, Americana, and the avant-garde. This channel features live performance footage, studio recordings, and artist documentation across all of Hofbauer's projects: • EHX — jazz arrangements of Radiohead, Björk, Joni Mitchell, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Sigur Rós, Abbey Lincoln, and more. • Eric Hofbauer Quintet (EHQ) — the acclaimed 'Prehistoric Jazz' series: jazz arrangements of Stravinsky, Messiaen, Ellington, and Ives. • Five Agents — concept suites using language as structural and rhythmic material (James Baldwin, Greta Thunberg, Ralph Waldo Emerson). • Solo Guitar — 'No other guitarist in jazz has developed a solo approach as rigorous, evocative, and thoughtful.' — Boston Globe. Faculty at Longy School of Music and Emerson College..