Erik Hove
Erik Hove is an alto saxophonist who plays a wide variety of jazz, improvised, and contemporary music. Born in Vancouver, he has lived in New York and currently resides in Montreal. He has played with many local and international artists, including the Juno-winning Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, John Hollenbeck’s JHQ, the Effendi Jazzlab, Anna Webber's Montreal People and Tanya Tawhida Evanson’s Cyano Sun Suite. While living in New York, he created the M-Base-informed Soundclash with turntablist P-Love, which won the Montreal L’OFF festival's Francois Marcaurelle prize and released a disc with Effendi records. He is also known for his Chamber Ensemble, a musical hybrid drawing from jazz, hip-hop, contemporary classical and electro-acoustic music. The 10-piece ensemble blends group and solo improvisation with rigorous conceptual writing. The group’s debut, Saturated Colour, received rave reviews from local and international press, and their follow-up, Polygon, was released on Inner Circle Records to equal critical acclaim. His newest release, Solo, a series of introspective solo recordings examining free-associative melody, quiet multiphonics and textural progression, was released on Tour de Bras records.
Erik Hove is an alto saxophonist who plays a wide variety of jazz, improvised, and contemporary music. Born in Vancouver, he has lived in New York and currently resides in Montreal. He has played with many local and international artists, including the Juno-winning Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, John Hollenbeck’s JHQ, the Effendi Jazzlab, Anna Webber's Montreal People and Tanya Tawhida Evanson’s Cyano Sun Suite. While living in New York, he created the M-Base-informed Soundclash with turntablist P-Love, which won the Montreal L’OFF festival's Francois Marcaurelle prize and released a disc with Effendi records. He is also known for his Chamber Ensemble, a musical hybrid drawing from jazz, hip-hop, contemporary classical and electro-acoustic music. The 10-piece ensemble blends group and solo improvisation with rigorous conceptual writing. The group’s debut, Saturated Colour, received rave reviews from local and international press, and their follow-up, Polygon, was released on Inner Circle Records to equal critical acclaim. His newest release, Solo, a series of introspective solo recordings examining free-associative melody, quiet multiphonics and textural progression, was released on Tour de Bras records.
