Desert Bloom Florian Hoefner Trio

• 1 Between the Lines 07:43
• 2 Desert Bloom 07:35
• 3 Neptune 07:51
• 4 Shifting Baseline Syndrome 08:34
• 5 Shelter 06:58
• 6 It's All Part of the Plan 06:41
• 7 The Day Everything Stopped 06:25
• 8 The End of the Tunnel 06:54
• 9 Last More Time 06:36
• Total Runtime 01:05:17

Info for Desert Bloom

"Gripping, exciting and heart-warming", says the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the music of pianist and composer Florian Hoefner's trio debut album, released in 2018. Raised in Germany, educated in New York City and now at home in Newfoundland in Canada, the native of Nuremberg has found his own style, which is characterised by musical diversity and inventiveness. Together with Andrew Downing on bass and Nick Fraser on drums, Hoefner is now on tour with the new release "Desert Bloom". While "First Spring" concentrated on interpretations of folk songs from around the world, the focus of the second album is now on Hoefner's own compositions, in which he processes his experiences during the pandemic lockdowns. The WholeNote from Canada says: "Great moving music" and we can be very curious about this international band and their new music.

Florian Hoefner, piano
Andrew Downing, double bass
Nick Fraser, drums

Florian Hoefner Trio
Born and raised in Germany, trained in New York City and now based in Canada, jazz pianist and composer, Florian Hoefner, draws from a myriad of influences that culminate in his unique brand of modern jazz. Praised as a “composer-bandleader of insightful resolve” by the New York Times and a “harmonically daring pianist [...] reaching toward new sonic territory” by Downbeat, Florian Hoefner has made his mark as an inventive creator and performer of exciting contemporary Jazz.

With his quartet, the Florian Hoefner Group, he has released 3 albums on Origin Records that have received rave reviews around the globe. “Luminosity,” his latest release that features tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, has been described as a “starkly picturesque album ... that makes profound statements from quiet moments” by Downbeat and as a “total experience” by the New York Jazz Record. It has been nominated as Jazz Recording of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards 2017. The Group also received the Stingray Rising Star Award after their performance at the Montréal Jazz Festival 2015.

As a member of the Germany-based collective, Subtone, he has released 5 critically acclaimed albums on labels including ENJA Records and performed on 4 continents including festivals such as Jazz Baltica (Germany), ACACIA Jazz Festival (Ethiopia), Jazz in Situ (Ecuador) and Tremplin Jazz d’Avignon (France) where the group was awarded the jury and audience awards. Florian’s work as a sideman has led to numerous additional CD releases including a collaboration with guitarist, Kurt Rosenwinkel on Fresh Sound Records. He has shared the stage with the likes of Joe Lovano, Seamus Blake, Rich Perry, John Riley, and New York Philharmonic clarinetist, Mark Nuccio.

A two-time winner of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, Hoefner’s compositions and arrangements can be heard on many commercial albums by artists including Till Brönner, Jasmin Tabatabai and Peter Fessler. His big band compositions have been performed by the New York Jazz Orchestra, the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, the German Youth Jazz Orchestra and the DanJam Orchestra.

Now Florian presents his new Canadian trio with Andrew Downing on bass and Nick Fraser on drums. The group is performing a completely new repertoire of his originals and arrangements of folk songs from different parts of the world. Their debut album, “First Spring” was released on September 27th 2019 on Alma Records / Universal.

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