Catching up with Florian Hoefner (concert review and CD review)

Florian Hoefner TrioNational Arts Centre, Fourth StageReviewed Tuesday
St. John’s-based pianist Florian Hoefner seems determined to reveal a different facet of his jazz artistry each time he visits Ottawa.
I first saw the German-born musician, who is in his mid-30s, when he brought his quartet, which included saxophonist Seamus Blake, to Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts in January 2016. Before moving to Newfoundland in 2014, Hoefner was on the scene in New York, and like many up-an