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...
A Musical Conversation That Continues John Finbury’s Brazilian compositions don’t imitate; they participate. From his first album of Brazilian jazz originals in 2015 to his most recent work with Bruna Black, Finbury has approached Brazilian music not as an outsider...
Three Lyricists, One Composer Behind every great song is a voice — not just the one singing, but the one shaping the words. For composer John Finbury, that voice has often come from trusted collaborators. Over the years, three lyricists have played central roles in...
Not Just Rhythm, But Language In John Finbury’s music, percussion is rarely about flash. It’s about voice, feel, and conversation. No one embodies this more clearly than Rogerio Boccato — the Brazilian percussionist whose work spans multiple Finbury albums, offering...
Camille Bertault is a rare kind of artist, a virtuoso with a sense of mischief. She can set lyrics to a John Coltrane solo and deliver them with precision, yet never without a wink. Her collaboration with John Finbury began during the pandemic, with two transatlantic...
