Live Music – Holly Hoffman & Louis Valenzuela

Holly Hofmann is a celebrated jazz flutist who discovered the genre at age five, playing alongside her guitarist father. Classically trained under Cleveland Orchestra principal flutist Maurice Sharp, she has built a decades-long career recording with jazz greats such as Ray Brown and Terell Stafford, releasing 13 albums as a bandleader on Capri Records. A longtime San Diego resident, she has curated six jazz series over the past thirty years and was honored with a Jazz Hero Award, with the city proclaiming an official Holly Hofmann Day in her name.

Louis Valenzuela is a versatile San Diego-based guitarist performing throughout Southern California and Mexico. A founding member of the Afro Latin Jazz Punk Funk group, the Afrojazziacs, and a current member of the Soul Funk band JuiceBox, he has shared stages and recordings with artists including The B Side Players, members of The Mars Volta, and The Spanish Harlem Orchestra. Beyond guitar, he plays Cuban tres and Persian oud, and holds a B.M. in Jazz Studies from San Diego State University.