A Structure Built on Listening Released in 2020, *Quatro* is not a traditional Latin jazz album — and it’s not trying to be. Instead, it’s a meeting point of jazz, Latin American traditions, and chamber aesthetics, designed by composer John Finbury and brought to life...
The Sound of Looking Back John Finbury’s music often moves forward — blending jazz, Brazilian rhythms, and chamber arrangements. But some of his most resonant songs linger in the past. Two recent collaborations, “That Was Then” and “Boulevard,” explore themes of...
Music That Travels From the early Brazilian ballads of Imaginário to the French-accented flair of “Boulevard,” John Finbury’s catalog lives in more than one language. His songs have been performed in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French — not as translations, but...
More Than an Instrument For John Finbury, the piano is not just a musical tool. It’s a workspace, a sketchbook, and a place of emotional discovery. While his recordings feature world-class vocalists and instrumentalists, many of his compositions begin in the quiet of...
Music Across Distance When the world closed its doors in 2020, musicians kept recording — just not in the same rooms. For composer John Finbury, the pandemic years became a time not of pause, but of remote collaboration. Working with artists across the U.S., Brazil,...
From the Attic to the Airwaves In 2014, a reel-to-reel tape box marked “Early Days” emerged from John Finbury’s attic. Inside were recordings from 1978 to 1982 — a set of R&B and pop tracks co-written and performed decades earlier. What followed wasn’t nostalgia....
