Green Flash Music News/Reviews
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”...
MWE3.com Presents an Interview With John Finbury
The colorful and exciting sound of Brazilian music seems to be a perennial favorite not only with jazzers but also World Music fans into sublime, guitar-centric music. A good example of the elegance and music magic of contemporary 21st century Brazilian music is...
Jazz Weekly – John Finbury: Sorte!
Gorgeous modern Brazilian sounds are delivered in this mature session by a collection of superstars. Bassist John Patitucci, percussionist Airto Moreira, drummer Duduka Da Fonseca and guitarist Chico Pinheiro join in with the sweet voice of Thalma De Freitas,...
Back To Brazil: Part Two
John Finbury is a Yank pianist and songwriter whose compositions sound as if they had been written by one of the great MPB (Popular Brazilian Music) composers. Sorte! (Luck) (Green Flash Music) features the definition of an all-star rhythm section—bassist John...
JOHN FINBURY Featuring THALMA DE FREITAS, Sorte!
Although veteran composer John Finbury surprised the Latin music scene a few years ago with a Latin Grammy Song of the Year nomination for “A Chama Verde” and vocalist-lyricist Thalma De Freitas is a household name in her native Brazil, it’s a good bet most American...
Jazz Interview with Jazz Composer John Finbury
Interview with John Finbury: My experience and emotions are inevitably captured in my music: Video, CD cover Jazz interview with jazz composer John Finbury. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got...
Evocative songs delivered with passion and personality
On Sorte! (meaning Luck!), the relaxing contemporary Latin bossas of Massachusetts-based composer John Finbury are brought to life by Afro-Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress Thalma de Freitas with an all-star cast of musicians. Finbury has been writing music for...
Sorte! Vinyl Edition 45 RPM
Finbury’s latest MBP album “Sorte!”, in collaboration with Brazilian singer-songwriter Thalma de Freitas was released in May 2019. With music by John and lyrics and vocals by Thalma, they recorded six original songs at The Powerstation Studios in New York City,...
John Finbury and Thalma de Freitas’ “Sorte” is a lush exploration of themes and rhythms
“Sorte!” the new album by composer John Finbury and singer Thalma de Freitas is set for release May 31, 2019. The album represents a development of sorts for each of the musician’s careers. The album is a brief one of just six songs, but the rich rhythms and delicate...
Wonderful collaboration of Brazilian Jazz John Finbury – Sorte!
Wonderful collaboration of Brazilian jazz John Finbury – SORTE!: Brazilian singer-songwriter-actress Thalma de Freitas is joined by an all-star set of players (Vitor Gonçalves – piano, Rhodes & accordion; Chico Pinheiro – guitar; John Patitucci – bass; Duduka da...