When saxophonist Dani Oore and pianist Florian Hoefner played together for the first time in early 2019, two long-separated musical souls were reunited. The synergy of their approaches is catalyzed in spontaneous duo improvisations bearing the sort of thematic and structural unity and development one associates with fully pre-composed music. Their music is raw, elegant, exuberant, and, at times, fragile. Oore, a long-time member of drummer Jerry Granelli’s band, and Hoefner who has made his mark with his Juno-Award-winning trio have collectively performed on 5 continents and have collaborated with artists such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Seamus Blake, Julian Priester, Dan Weiss and Jay Clayton. They are recipients of the East Coast Music Awards, Stingray Rising Star Award, and ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award.
Their debut album is an ecstatic and completely improvised story told in tonal contrasts and rooted in vulnerable attunement to each other, their listeners, and world around.