Recording at Power Station at Berklee NYC At a time when many recordings are assembled remotely, I still value the experience of musicians playing together in the same room. Several of my projects have been recorded at Power Station at Berklee NYC, a studio whose...
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...
Emilio D. Miler: A Creative Partner Every composer who records regularly depends on collaborators who help bring the music fully to life in the studio. For me, that collaborator has been Emilio D. Miler. Emilio is a multi Grammy–winning producer whose musical...
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...
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...
