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Look At What A Mess You Made Of Me
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"Look At What A Mess You Made Of Me" is the first single to emerge from the artistic collaboration between French Jazz prodigy Camille Bertault and Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated composer John Finbury. With lyrics by Ned Claflin, Patty Brayden and the composer, this music features Finbury's blend of Jazz and Vaudeville traditions with a nod to the "Roaring 20s", past and present. The song needed a singer who could bring just the right playful approach to interpretation, which led the composer and his producer Emilio D. Miler to reach out to Camille Bertault, who quickly embraced the project. Camille has startled the Jazz world with her vocal prowess and unmatched improvisational skills, as well as her ability to write lyrics to some of the most iconic jazz solos in history. She has released three albums that showcase her interpretative talents with music and lyrics of her own. Given the careful studio protocols in pandemic times, the artists and producers sought a simple instrumentation, so "Look At What A Mess You Made Of Me" became a voice and bass duet. They entrusted the bass chair to Christian McBride, who achieved a stunning balance of brawny playing with a sense of humor.

  • One of the most impressive new Brazilian recordings is 'Va Revelacao' from Bruna Black and John Finbury / the arts fuse
    Posted At: July 30, 2024 12:00 AM
    the arts fuse - Brooks Geiken writes….Suddenly, apparently at the whim of the zeitgeist, a number of Brazilian musicians are releasing significant recordings. One of the most impressive is Vã Revelação (Vain Revelation), the new album from singer Bruna Black and Grammy-nominated composer/John Finbury (lyrics were written by Black, Vitor Ramil,  Apoena Frota, Thalma De Freitas, Alexia Bomtempo,  Ca...
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  • John Finbury's 'Look At What A Mess You Made Of Me' makes NPR - New Music Friday: Top Albums for Sept. 10
    Posted At: September 15, 2021 12:00 AM

    From NPR - All Songs Considered.....We've also got new music from NPR's Tiny Desk producer Bobby Carter who joins Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras and Annamaria Sayre, contributor Christina Lee, WXPN's John Morrison, contributor Cyrena Touros and NPR Music's Stephen Thompson, along with host Robin Hilton, as they share their picks for the best albums out on Sept. 10. New Music Friday:...
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  • John Finbury - Camille Bertault 'Look At What A Mess You Made Of Me' features on KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' playlist
    Posted At: September 14, 2021 12:00 AM

    "Look At What A Mess You Made Of Me" ! No, not you. That's the name of a new song by the artistic collaboration between French Jazz prodigy Camille Bertault and Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated composer John Finbury. With lyrics by Ned Claflin, Patty Brayden and the composer, this music features Finbury's blend of Jazz and Vaudeville traditions with a nod to the "Roaring 20s", past and pres...
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  • John Finbury chats with Judy Carmichael on 'Jazz Inspired'
    Posted At: January 29, 2021 12:00 AM

    Composer John Finbury's life has been filled with music, although he's had what he calls his "parallel life as practicing attorney" for the last thirty-five years.  John played drums in rock bands in his teens, studied classical piano and music theory in college, ran a concert hall after that and eventually focused on composing, which led to a Grammy nomination in 2020 for Best Latin Jazz Album.&nbs...
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  • John Finbury's American Nocturnes: Final Days of July waft dreamlike over the listener's consciousness / DEEP ROOTS
    Posted At: January 21, 2021 12:00 AM

    The 11 evocative pieces comprising John Finbury's American Nocturnes: Final Days of July waft dreamlike over a listener's consciousness, inviting but moody, yet soothing in toto. Finbury himself makes only one appearance on the album, in an impressionistic, dreamlike solo piano turn on the second version of "Waltz for Patty" featured on the album, coming at the end of the journey, with a relative...
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  • John Finbury - Quatro among the standouts for 98.9KMUW: Night Train's Best Releases Of 2020
    Posted At: December 14, 2020 12:00 AM

    It probably had something to do with the kind of year we had, but the albums that seemed to stand out in 2020 were often ones that brought the most comfort: the balladry of Jeremy Pelt, the elegant and understated weave of strings used by Eric Alexander, the sunny effort from Bill Cunliffe, and especially (the one album not in alphabetical order here) the warm boleros featured in the quarantine project f...
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  • These quiet tracks on John Finbury's American Nocturnes is symbolic of the gloomy, yet hopeful time in which we live / keysandchrords
    Posted At: November 20, 2020 12:00 AM

    About 4 months ago I discussed the album "Quatro" by the American composer John Finbury. John again collaborated with a number of musicians for this new album, such as pianist Tim Ray, cellist Eugene Friesen, harmonica player Roni Eytan, guitarist Claudio Ragazzi, accordionist Roberto Cassan, accordionist Vitor Gonçalves, and singer Peter Eldridge. But it is difficult to put the music in a ce...
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  • John Finbury - American Nocturnes presents 'chamber jazz' in an extremely interesting arrangement / era jazzu
    Posted At: November 4, 2020 12:00 AM

    John Finbury is an American composer and one of the first students of jazz composition at the Schillinger School in Boston (which later became the famous Berklee College Of Music). As a teenager, he played the drums in the New York rock formation The Bitter End, but it was only in college (at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge and Boston University) that he became interested in playing the piano, mus...
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  • John Finbury discusses his 2 new albums with 94.3WOWD
    Posted At: October 14, 2020 12:00 AM

    John Finbury is an American composer based in Andover, MA, and he's had quite a career so far. In what he recognizes as his first professional commission as a composer, in 1979 John wrote and recorded a soundtrack for "Portraits from the 2 O'Clock Lounge", a TV documentary by Fred Simon produced for WGBH Boston. The R&B and pop songs he wrote and recorded in the early 80s have garnered curren...
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  • Pretty watercolors are painted by John Finbury on this gorgeous album; 'American Nocturnes - Final Days Of July'
    Posted At: October 12, 2020 12:00 AM

    Pretty watercolors are painted by pianist/composer John Finbury, who actually only plays one song on this gorgeous album, an intimate solo "Waltz For Patty" to close things out. Otherwise he employs Tim Ray at the ivories to team up with an impressionistic team of Eugen Friesen/cel, Roni Eytan/harm, Claudio Ragazzi/g, Roberto Cassan-Vitor Goncalves/acc and guest voice Peter Eldridge on these chamber'd pi...
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  • John Finbury - American Nocturnes / Deep Roots
    Posted At: October 12, 2020 12:00 AM

    On a recent sunny morning in Manhattan, Jeff Spurgeon, the beloved morning host on New York City's classical station WQXR, offered a postscript after playing a recording of Gabriel Fauré's Canticle de Jean Racine, Op. 11, describing the composition as "a piece of music that picks you up and settles you back down, more comfortably." Of late three discs have crossed this desk that admirably ...
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  • John Finbury's 'American Nocturnes' is an album of chamber music, with jazz over-tones that twine their way into the production / Musicalmemoirs
    Posted At: September 27, 2020 12:00 AM

    John Finbury started out as a drummer while in high school.  Today, he is an established pianist and composer who has offered a variety of music to my listening room.  I've heard his original compositions lyrically enriched by Thalma De Freitas, (a Brazilian vocalist and lyricist) on an album titled "Sorte".  It was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.  Finbury won another Latin Gr...
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  • John Finbury - American Nocturnes makes KCRW: 'Rhythm Planet: September Songs'
    Posted At: September 15, 2020 12:00 AM

    This week's KCRW: Los Angeles 'Rhythm Planet: September Songs' playlist includes a bit of everything, and we highlight some of the tracks here. Included in the mix is John Finbury / "Lay Me Down" from American Nocturnes on Green Flash Music. Released through Green Flash Music, American Nocturnes – Final Days of July, a new album of original compositions by Grammy and Latin Grammy nomina...
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  • John Finbury - American Nocturnes is expansive, meditative, lyrical, nostalgic / JWVIBE
    Posted At: September 7, 2020 12:00 AM

    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 consciously or not, he and the grand ensembles he works with found fascinating ways to chronicle the year since with works that speak to differen...
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  • John Finbury's 'Quatro' is simmering like a pot of boiling water / Jazz Weekly ****RINGER OF THE WEEK****
    Posted At: September 3, 2020 12:00 AM

    Sublime and gorgeously swinging sounds are emanating from the luscious voice of Magos Herrera and her top notch "supporting" cast of bassist John Patitucci, drummer Antonio Sanchez and piano Chano Dominguez. The three stallions are reigned in, and the percolating energy keeps this whole thing simmering like a pot of boiling water, with Herrera's husky and earthy voice romantically floating over the post ...
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  • John Finbury births a unique version of classical music where jazz and chamber ideas are never in short supply / TAKE EFFECT
    Posted At: August 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    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.   Finbury uses no percussive instruments on American Nocturnes, as he births a very unique version of classical music where jazz and cha...
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  • John Finbury - American Nocturnes is a must for listeners looking for top shelf instrumental music with depth and power / Midwest Record
    Posted At: August 15, 2020 12:00 AM

    American Nocturnes-Final Days of July: John 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 his vision, this is a must for listeners looking for top shelf instrumental music with depth and power to give them something really meaty to gnaw o...
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  • John Finbury releases; 'American Nocturnes' / JP's MUSIC BLOG PAGE
    Posted At: August 13, 2020 12:00 AM

    Grammy-nominated composer John Finbury recently released his lastest 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 subtle, soft opening of "Lay Me Down," as you are slowly introduced to this latest music journey. The gracefulness of "Black Tea" and the ...
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  • John Finbury - American Nocturnes gets a 'MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED' from Contemporary Fusion Review
    Posted At: August 11, 2020 12:00 AM

    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 intimate original chamber music you will ever listen to… here's a video clip for the album… …since you...
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  • Everything is perfect on John Finbury's 'Quatro' / MUSIC ZOOM
    Posted At: August 5, 2020 12:00 AM

    The American composer John Finbury writes his music thinking of whole America, Brazil and all South American countries. His music is interpreted by singer Magos Herrera on four of the seven songs, Chano Dominguez on piano, John Patitucci on double bass and Antonio Sanchez on drums. The production is by Emilio D. Miller. The music was recorded in two sessions in New York in 2019, before the virus changed ...
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  • John Finbury - American Nocturnes is a collection of evocative pieces that spotlights the composer's mastery in an intimate setting / Anne Carlini
    Posted At: August 4, 2020 12:00 AM

    Produced and arranged by Finbury (an American composer based in Andover, MA), Bob Patton, and co-produced by Emilio D. Miler, American Nocturnes (out now via Green Flash Music) is a collection of eleven evocative pieces that spotlights the composer's mastery in an intimate setting. Featuring some rather unorthodox instrumentation, not least a harmonica and an accordion, together with guitar, cello an...
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  • John Finbury's 'Quatro' is a fiesta that stretches from Spain to Latin America / Latin Jazz Network
    Posted At: July 26, 2020 12:00 AM

    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. Thalma De Freitas, with Quatro, a veritable Spanish fiesta that traverses a musical experience that stretches from Spain to S...
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