Devra Hoff is an American bassist, composer, and arranger.
[1] Hoff composed work for the Wholphin short film Look at the Sun,[4] performed on the soundtrack for 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).
[5] Laurie Anderson named Solo Bass as one of her top 5 favorite albums of all time.
[6] In 2021, 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; arranged and with bass performances by Hoff, the release features artists including Julia Holter, Shannon Lay, Sharon Van Etten, Emmett Kelly, and Jim White.
[2] Hoff's many other collaborators include Nels Cline, Cibo Matto,[7] Kira Roessler,[8] and Xiu Xiu,[7] and she has released several albums with Ches Smith as Good for Cows.