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About Natasha Blackwood

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Natasha Blackwood is a singer/songwriter, and saxophonist based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a member of Eastern Owl, and Jazz East Big Band, and has appeared on ten studio albums to date.

Her upcoming sophomore album “Love Songs for Good Machines” was produced by Juno award winning artist Amelia Curran, and is set for release on May 31, 2024. It’s a jazz album with folk sensibilities, and takes the listener on a walk through the everyday life of modern day Newfoundlanders. The songs have been described as “love letters to the working class”, with themes of labour and balance, love and loss, with a style rooted in traditional Newfoundland Folk Stories, but arrangements inspired by the Great American SongBook.

About Florian Hoefner

Instrument: Piano

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Florian Hoefner

Born: August 29, 1982

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 the Florian Hoefner Group, he has released 3 albums on Origin Records that have received rave reviews around the globe. “Luminosity,” his latest release, has been described as a “starkly picturesque album [...] that makes profound statements from quiet moments” by Downbeat, as “the real deal” by Jazz Journal (UK) and as a “total experience” by the New York Jazz Record. Featuring tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, this record has been his most ambitious project so far. It has been nominated as Jazz Recording of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards 2017. With the quartet, he maintains a busy touring schedule that has included over 100 performances in Europe and North America to date. After their performance at the Montréal Jazz Festival 2015, Hoefner was awarded the Stingray Rising Star Award.