Cultural Studies, Humanities, and Social Studies
Ars Nova Workshop presents the blistering Mendoza Hoff Revels, co-led by guitarist Ava Mendoza and bassist Devra Hoff, at Solar Myth on Thursday, December 19. Exploding into the avant-jazz consciousness with their astonishing 2023 debut Echolocation, Mendoza Hoff Revels is an electric and formidable unit led by guitarist Ava Mendoza and bassist Devra Hoff and featuring tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and drummer Ches Smith. While Mendoza and Hoff have floated around each other’s musical orbits as individuals for decades, the original impetus of this group was Mendoza’s, based on the love she and Hoff shared for aggressive and polyglot