Tara Hofmann Jazz and Blues

Solomons, MD

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Travels up to 90 miles

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Overview

I am Tara Hofmann, a jazz and blues singer, composer and former music teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools. I have been performing around the DC Metro area and the east coast for over twenty years. I can provide an ensemble from solo to quintet or more to fit your venue and event needs. My repertoire includes jazz standards, blues, pop, originals and unique arrangements.


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Booking information

Price range: Contact for pricing

Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes

What to expect

Tara's alto sound is thick and rich. She sings blues from the depths of her soul and is known to add a twist to her arrangements of jazz classics and pop tunes
Ed Sims - May 20, 2014
"Could listen to you sing all day.You're great!"

J. Gregory Johnson - January 09, 2014
"Great sound, style, and presence Tara! Looking forward to seeing and hearing you again."

About

Tara performs with some of the finest musicians in the DC Metro area and entertains regularly in venues along the east coast for public and private events. Included in these are venues are the Ronald Reagan Building, the Women's War Memorial, OBX locations, Va and Md wineries and her local haunt Olde Towne, Va.

Tara provides a wide variety of ensemble sizes to fit your needs, ranging from a duo or trio for a more intimate club or small party, to a quartet or quintet for larger settings and events.

Her repertoire is wide and varied; covering classic jazz standards, ballads, blues and her own arrangements of pop tunes and originals.

Set list

Ain't Misbehavin'
All Of Me
All Or Nothing At All
Almost Like Being In Love
At Last
Autumn Leaves
Besame Mucho
Black Orpheus/A Day…
Caravan
Cheek To Cheek
Come Together/Oh Darlin'
Cry Me A River
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Fever
Fly Me To The Moon
Fragile
Frim Fram Sauce
Georgia
God Bless The Child
How High The Moon
I Don't Know Why
I Thought About You
I'm On Fire
In The Wee Small Hours
It Could Happen To You
It Don't Mean A Thing
Is You Is
It Had To Be You
Jar Of Hearts
La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
Landslide
Let's Stay Together
Lost Mind
Makin' Whoopee
Moondance
My Funny Valentine
O Pato
Peel Me A Grape
Popsicle Toes
Rt. 66
Smooth Operator
Summertime
Still Crazy
Stormy Monday
Sway
Tainted Love
Teach Me Tonight
This Masquerade
Tristeza
Twisted
When I Fall In Love
When Sunny Gets Blue

Influences and inspiration

Dianna Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sting, Harry Connick Jr., K.D. Lang

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