Person · Male
Dave Hofstra
US jazz bassist and tuba player
- From
- Leavenworth, United States
- Since
- 1953–present
- Releases
- 0
- jazz
About
David Carl "Dave" Hofstra (born May 21, 1953, Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American jazz double-bassist. He also plays bass guitar and tuba.
Read more
Hofstra was an autodidact on bass. He worked with Robin Holcomb, John Zorn, Joel Forrester, and Dave Sewelson in the late 1970s. In 1980 and 1981, he was a founding member of The Waitresses, a new wave band based in Akron, Ohio, and played on their 1982 studio album, Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?. He was active primarily in New York from the 1980s, playing with William Parker, Lou Grassi, Denis Charles, Elliott Sharp, Paul Shapiro, Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, Saheb Sarbib, Bobby Radcliff, Jemeel Moondoc, Marie McAuliffe, Bill Frisell, Robin Eubanks, Greg Osby, David Rosenbloom, Phillip Johnston, Chris Kelsey, Rachelle Garniez, Clare Daly, William Gagliardi, and Robin Holcomb. He is also a founding member of The Microscopic Septet, and has played on every one of their eight albums.
Member of
-
Freedomland tuba
-
The Microscopic Septet tuba, bass
-
Sewelsonics bass
-
Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band electric bass guitar
Links
Reference
Also known as
David Hofstra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 4d4d1751-3ad0-42e0-84b9-889fbbbd6b42
- ISNI
- 0000000055545279
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 13 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.