Description
Tracks
1) The Whirling Herbet
2) For You Freely
3) Evening Evershine
4) A Soft And Embered Face
5) An Interlude Again
6) The Province of the Plains
7) Dancing and Ascending
8) In The Distance
9) Traveling by Water
Artist
David Hoffman is a freelance musician in Illinois and since 1991 has been the trumpet and Flugelhorn soloist with The Ray Charles Orchestra. He has also contributed several compositions and arrangements to the band library. During his stint with Ray, Dave has played extensively in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Rays first ever trip to Russia in July of 1994.
Dave has appeared on television in France, Italy, Japan, Germany and Russia. In the United States, he has appeared on The Tonight Show, Live At Newport on PBS, Merv Griffin's New Years Eve Celebration, and the Fox Television special titled, "Ray Charles, 50 Years of Music," where he backed up Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Michael McDonald, Randy Travis, Michael Bolten and Willie Nelson. He has appeared at many Jazz festivals including Newport, JVC, Playboy, Nice, Boston Globe, London, and Montreaux.
(c)1994 David A. Hoffman, BMI
Label: Lakefront Productions