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...
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,...
