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Musicalmemoirs’s Review of American Nocturnes
JOHN FINBURY – “AMERICAN NOCTURNES – FINAL DAYS OF JULY” – Green Flash Music John Finbury, piano/composer/arranger; Bob Patton, arranger; Tim Ray, piano; Eugene Friesen, cello; Roni Eytan, harmonica; Claudio Ragazzi, guitar; Vitor Goncalves & Roberto Cassan,...
The JW Vibe Review of American Nocturnes: Final Days of July
In late 2019, just before the world as we knew it went astray, veteran composer John Finbury was nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for his extraordinary collection Sorte! Featuring Brazilian singer/songwriter Thalma de Freitas. Whether...
Take Effect Review of American Nocturnes
The Grammy and Latin Grammy-Nominated composer John Finbury returns with 10 new pieces, where Tim Ray, Eugene Friesen, Roni Eytan, Claudio Ragazzi, Roberto Cassan, Vitor Goncalves and Peter Eldridge help flesh out the intimate tunes in a small ensemble setting. “Lay...
WTJU 91 New Jazz Adds Review of Quatro
John Finbury – Quatro (Green Flash Music): “John Finbury’s new album “QUATRO” premieres new music with broad Latin American and Spanish influences, mixed and matched in an unorthodox fashion. Alternating vocal and instrumental tracks, the album was produced by Latin...
Midwest Record Review of American Nocturnes
JOHN FINBURY/American Nocturnes-Final Days of July: Finbury pulls an about-face here from his recent Latin jazz outings to craft an instrumental date that lands nicely somewhere between new age and Aaron Copland. Bringing in some no-nonsense hitters to fully realize...
JP’s Music Blog Review of American Nocturnes
Grammy-nominated composer John Finbury recently released his latest composition "American Nocturnes - Final Days Of July." It features eleven tracks performed by a selection of hand-picked artists to best portray Finbury's latest vision. The album begins with the...
Intimate Original Chamber Music John Finbury – American Nocturnes/Final Days of July
Intimate original chamber music John Finbury – AMERICAN NOCTURNES/FINAL DAYS OF JULY: In June of 2020, I reviewed producer/arranger John’s wonderful “Quatro” album, which got near-perfect marks… on this new album, John and his players give you some of the most...
Anne Carlini Review of American Nocturnes
Title - 'American Nocturnes: Final Days of July' Artist - John Finbury For those not in the know, American Nocturnes: Final Days of July, is a new album of original instrumental compositions by Grammy and Latin Grammy-nominated composer John Finbury. Finbury's...
Music Zoom Review of Quatro
The American composer John Finbury writes his music thinking about whole America, Brazil and all South American countries. His music is interpreted by the singer Magos Herrera on four of the seven songs, Chano Dominguez on the piano, John Patitucci is on the double...
Latin Jazz Network Review of Quatro
John Finbury has long since displayed a prodigious gift for musicianship in all its forms – not simply popular forms, but also traditional and contemporary Brasilian forms of music and dance too. He has followed up his Brasilian sojourn, Sorte! – John Finbury ft....
Roots Music Report
Massachusetts-based composer John Finbury has been writing music for over four decades, but since 2014 his longstanding interest in Brazilian jazz have resulted in annual album releases that have received much critical acclaim. My review of his Grammy-nominated 2019...
High Res Audio Review
It is not too often that an over sixty years old active lawyer is at least as active as a jazz songwriter, and even as a songwriter who has been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album 2020 for his song contribution to the album Sorte! by Brazilian...
The JW Vibe Review
JOHN FINBURY, Quatro Composed by John Finbury, the seven poignant, rhythmically diverse and thematically connected pieces that comprise his concept album Quatro were recorded by Magos Herrera (vocals), Chano Dominguez (piano), John Pattitucci (bass) and drummer...
Take Effect Review of Quatro
John Finbury aligns himself in exceptional company here, as Magos Herrera, Chano Domínguez, John Patitucci, and Antonio Sánchez help him bring Latin and Spanish influences into his cultured, wise and unclassifiable formula. “Llegará El Día” starts the listen piano...
Midwest Record – Entertainment Reviews, News & Views
JOHN FINBURY/Quatro: A gringo brings his one world vision to Latin jazz that finds him creating a nu kind of fusion with like minded pals that know how to kick out the jams and play like they are of a single mind. A musically subversive political statement that's...
Diverse Unorthodox Jazz John Finbury Featuring Magos Herrera, Chano Domínguez, John Patitucci & Antonio Sánchez – Quatro
Diverse unorthodox jazz John Finbury featuring Magos Herrera, Chano Domínguez, John Patitucci and Antonio Sánchez – QUATRO: Even the liner notes make a point of saying that John Finbury’s compositions are diverse & unorthodox jazz… fortunately, you don’t have to...
Grammy® Nominated Composer John Finbury Releases New Album QUATRO on May 20
John Finbury’s new album “QUATRO” premieres new music with broad Latin American and Spanish influences, mixed and matched in an unorthodox fashion. Alternating vocal and instrumental tracks, the album was produced by Latin Grammy winner Emilio D. Miler, and features...
The Fire Note Album Review of American Nocturnes – Final Days Of July
This one comes with an admission that age has changed my musical tastes. In my teen years and college days I studied while listening to classic rock and The Clash, but here as I enter my 7th decade I can’t read or write if I’m listening to a great rock favorite, at...
Grammy® Nominated Composer John Finbury Releases New Album American Nocturnes – Final Days of July
“American Nocturnes – Final Days of July,” a new album of original compositions by Grammy and Latin Grammy-nominated composer John Finbury, was released through Green Flash Music on May 1, 2020. Produced and arranged by Finbury, Bob Patton, and co-produced by Emilio...
It’s Official! Sorte! 2019 Grammy Certificate
Look what came in the mail today. The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards Certificate for Sorte! for being nominated for the Best Latin Jazz Album. Sorte! is the second Grammy Award Nomination John Finbury has received. About Sorte! The music of John Finbury featuring...
John Finbury Release of American Nocturnes – Final Days of July
LATEST PROJECT FROM TWO-TIME GRAMMY® NOMINEE OUT MAY 1 American Nocturnes – Final Days of July, a new album of original compositions by Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated composer John Finbury will be released through Green Flash Music on May 1. Produced and arranged...
Serendipitous Sailing – John Finbury Featuring Thalma de Freitas: Sorte!
— Some things in life just fall into place from the least unexpected places. Some call it luck, and others say it is fate. Whatever it is, when it comes to Sorte!, it really does not matter. John Finbury’s latest CD features lyrics and vocals by Thalma de Freitas....
Up Close and Personal Interview With Thalma de Freitas
In an exclusive interview with Bossa Magazine, Thalma answered a variety of questions and gave us the highlights of her professional life. Thalma, when and why did you start playing? There's an old tape recording of me making up a song when I was like 2 or 3, playing...
Sorte! Sound Garden Review
Varieties! At first glance, before listening to it, by looking at the international lineup that recorded this album, we can assume that it is great music. Namely, these are the names that guarantee a good blend of Brazilian music and jazz: singer-songwriter Thalma de...
John Finbury an Unlikely Grammy Honoree
He is a 67-year-old lawyer, a partner in the Haverhill, Mass., firm his father founded. But on Sunday he’ll be at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, waiting to hear if Sorte! Music by John Finbury wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, a category pitting it...
Andover Man Up For Grammy
Jazz harmonies marry Latin rhythms in Merrimack Valley man's music ANDOVER — John Finbury sat at and played the piano, his fingers coaxing jazz harmonies from the 1903 Steinway in his Andover living room. Delicate nostalgia and modern currents emerged from the music,...
Latin Jazz Network Review of Sorte!
Sorte! – John Finbury ft. Thalma De Freitas Two albums into his worshipful “Brasilian sojourn” John Finbury has written six new songs that further declare his abject love for Brasil with a third (Brasilian) album, Sorte!. This time around the music includes lyrics by...
Sorte! Nominated for 2020 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
Sorte!: Music By John Finbury, Thalma De Freitas With Vitor Gonçalves, John Patitucci, Chico Pinheiro, Rogerio Boccato & Duduka Da Fonseca Sorte! has been nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award in the Best Latin Jazz Album category. The 62nd Grammy Awards will be...
Downbeat Beyond
John Finbury, the only American in this bunch, is a Massachusetts based pianist and songwriter who caused something of a stir in 2016 when a song of his was nominated for a Latin Grammy. His new recording, Sorte! (Greenflash; 28:46 ♦ ♦ ♦ ½), is a collaboration with...
Michael’s Jazz Blog Review
Today’s album “Sorte!” comes from composer John Finbury and singer-lyricist Thalma de Freitas. John Finbury is a lawyer and musician from Andover, Massachusetts, who become well known in 2016 when he was earning a Latin Grammy nomination for his song “A Chama Verde”...