Florian Hoefner Subtone at 12on14 Club

Subtone is a rare phenomenon in today’s jazz world. Founded in 2005 in Berlin, Germany the quintet has been playing together for 13 years with an almost unchanged line-up. And that despite the fact that its members are now separated by vast geographic distances, with part of them living in North America and part of them in Germany. The members are Magnus Schriefl on trumpet, Peter Gall on drums (both from Berlin, Germany), Malte Duerrschnabel on woodwinds (Cologne, Germany), Florian Hoefner on piano (St. John’s, Canada) and Matthias Pichler on bass (NYC).

The individual members are all accomplished performers. Collectively, they have won prestigious awards like the US National Trumpet Competition (Magnus Schriefl), the Bass Competition of the International Bass Convention (Matthias Pichler) and the Stingray Rising Star Award (Florian Hoefner) and have collaborated with artists and groups like the Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio, Seamus Blake, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman and Randy Brecker. As a group, Subtone is also the winner of the Jury and Audience Award of the International Jazz Competition “Tremplin Jazz d’Avignon” in France....

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Subtone is a rare phenomenon in today’s jazz world. Founded in 2005 in Berlin, Germany the quintet has been playing together for 13 years with an almost unchanged line-up. And that despite the fact that its members are now separated by vast geographic distances, with part of them living in North America and part of them in Germany. The members are Magnus Schriefl on trumpet, Peter Gall on drums (both from Berlin, Germany), Malte Duerrschnabel on woodwinds (Cologne, Germany), Florian Hoefner on piano (St. John’s, Canada) and Matthias Pichler on bass (NYC).

The individual members are all accomplished performers. Collectively, they have won prestigious awards like the US National Trumpet Competition (Magnus Schriefl), the Bass Competition of the International Bass Convention (Matthias Pichler) and the Stingray Rising Star Award (Florian Hoefner) and have collaborated with artists and groups like the Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio, Seamus Blake, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman and Randy Brecker. As a group, Subtone is also the winner of the Jury and Audience Award of the International Jazz Competition “Tremplin Jazz d’Avignon” in France.

With their own imaginative compositions, the five artists offer an inexhaustible selection, from the voluminous big-band sound to a bare-essential chamber music approach. In addition to the apparent mastery over their instruments, it is above all the implicitness with which they communicate that is so striking.

What makes Subtone stand out from other ensembles is the impressive artistic connection among the five musicians. The listener perceives this intense communication and fundamental understanding among all members of the band in the very first notes. They now present their fifth album, “Moose Blues” that was recorded in May 2018 after a 2-week tour across Canada. Is will be released on October 26th, 2018 on Laika Records. For this tour, Berlin-based tenor saxophonist, Ben Kraef will fill in for Malte Duerrschnabel who is starting a new assignment with the German Bundeswehr Big Band.

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