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xYou are never really allowed to leave the music of Florian Hoefner once you have listened to it. The pianist has a knack of taking possession of your sensibilities, making the notes of melodies leap off the page and into you. REVIEW I've been following Florian Hoefner's career for some time now, and his latest album took me a bit by surprise. This time out he's leading a piano trio rather than his usual quartet, and while you might expect that to mean a more traditional sound, you'd be mistaken. Yes, the group swings hard when it wants to, but they're just as likely to play in a more impressionistic, less rhythmically-driven style-and while there are three Hoefner compositions on the program, the focus is on other people's tunes, and on settings of folk songs: 'Maid on the Shore,' 'Rain and Snow,' and the Armenian folk song 'Yoosin Yelav' (based on a setting by Luciano Berio). There's a bit more arco bass than you'd normally expect on a jazz recording, often employed to approximate the sound of a fiddle, and generally speaking this is a remarkably and fresh and original-sounding album. Highly recommended.Rick Anderson --CDHotlist October 2019Florian Hoefner is a cerebral and harmonically daring pianist whose style crystallizes around jazz and blues fundamentals, but whose adventurous spirit finds him reaching toward new sonic territory. Luminosity, his starkly picturesque new album, makes profound statements from quiet moments. [...] There is serious density to this music. Prepare to explore it on end.Brian ZimmermanDownbeatMr. Hoefner is an articulate German-born pianist. [...] His new album, 'Luminosity,' shows him to be a composer-bandleader of insightful resolve. Nate ChinenNew York Times Hoefner's own poetry can also be chameleonic as he invents new harmonies and chords that are tantamount to reinventing tonality itself. [...] sublimely evocative music. Raul da GamaThe Whole NoteHoefner turns a self-imposed challenge into a poetic conception of real depth. [...] Luminosity it out there and it's the real deal. Brian MortonJazz Journal[The] pieces exhibit themes with dance-like qualities and Hoefner's acumen as a composer and a stunning performer. The release sparkles with ideas of thoughtful introspection and kinetic energy [...] Mark F. Turner --All About Jazz
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