Florian Hoefner Group - Songs Without Words - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

... already now you can feel the strong and intimate bond that unites these musicians... A rare find and unique, their interplay follows and draws Pindaresque emotional rooms passion, pain, joy and suffused meditative moments. - Suono (Italy). For his third recording on Origin Records, pianist Florian Hoefner uses the highly evolved musical relationship he's forged over the last several years touring with bassist Sam Anning and drummer Peter Kronreif as a springboard for nine new compositions. Adding the singular voice of the eminent saxophonist Seamus Blake, a more recent addition to the band, Hoefner's well-calibrated touch, bedrock time feel and contrapuntal ingenuity animate the performances, while Blake's lyric declamations soar throughout. Album Tracks 1. The Narrows 2. In Circles 3. Luminosity 4. Newfound Jig 5. Elements 6. Reminiscence 7. Eleven 8. North Country 9. North Country

New York-based pianist & composer Florian Hoefner follows up on his 2012 debut recording InchSongs Without Words,Inch with a set of nine new tracks, including seven originals and arrangements of InchEleanor RigbyInch and InchBlack is the Color.Inch InchFalling UpInch features the interplay of Hoefner's long-time band, now with multiple European and east coast tours under their belts, with saxophonist Mike Ruby, bassist Sam Anning, and drummer Peter Kronreif. Album Tracks 1. Stoney Lake 2. The Long Run 3. Falling Up 4. Black Is the Color 5. Eleanor Rigby 6. Overtime 7. Eleven 8. Countryside 9. Momentum

Following three critically-acclaimed studio recordings with his touring quartet, pianist Florian Hoefner presents a live solo set of new works, recorded at the acoustically sublime Sendesaal in Bremen, Germany. Inspired by the maritime landscape around the island of Newfoundland, his recently adapted home, Coldwater Stories explores the intersection between composition and improvisation, allowing Hoefner the freedom to improvise entire harmonic progressions or to reinvent the form of a piece during performances. Many of the works consist of one or more composed Inchislands,Inch surrounded by a sea of open space that is left to be filled with improvisation. Ultimately the two become indistinguishable, blending together to tell a unified story. Inch... a cerebral and harmonically daring pianist... whose adventurous spirit finds him reaching toward new sonic territory.Inch - Downbeat Album Tracks 1. The Great Auk 2. Migration 3. The Send 4. The Way of Water 5. Never Lost 6. Iceberg 1 7. Green Gardens 8. Sunrise Bay 9. Iceberg 2 10. With the North Atlantic