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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.
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Florian Hoefner
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Born and raised in Germany, trained in New York City and now based in Canada, Juno Award-winning 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 continues to make waves as an inventive creator and performer of exciting contemporary jazz.
He has released 6 albums under his own name and many more as a sideman. “First Spring,” the debut album with his Canadian trio with Andrew Downing on bass and Nick Fraser on drums has received 2 East Coast Music Awards in 2020 and was nominated for a 2021 JUNO in the category “Jazz Album of the Year: Group.” The trio released its sophomore album, “Desert Bloom” on June 3rd 2022 on Alma Records. It was nominated for 2 East Coast Music Awards and won a Juno Award in 2023. As a touring artist he has played at venues and festivals on 5 different continents and has worked with artists including Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jerry Bergonzi, Norma Winstone, Joe LaBarbera and Seamus Blake. He is the winner of 2 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards and the Stingray Rising Star Award at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
