Matt Finley
Jazz Composer & Performer
Multi-instrumentalist Matt Finley has played professionally for 50 years and has performed and recorded with many of the finest jazz musicians in the world. He studied composition with Edgar Curtis, Director of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. A CD of Matt's compositions, "Brazilian Wish" has garnered international recognition, and two of his compositions were finalists at the 2009 Los Angeles Music Awards. He is featured on six other CDs released since 2007. Matt is a retired professor of computer information systems and former dean of academic affairs at Dutchess Community College.
Next concerts: Soloist with NDSO Symphony, June 15, 2013.
Four of my compositions, plus Peter, Jeff & Lou
Also, full band at Bolton Landing on July 30, 2013.
Matt is on Pandora & Spotify! This link at the free Pandora.com will search
for Matt Finley as the Artist to hear "Brazilian Wish" and similar tracks.
"Flugelhorn Master!" - Poughkeepsie Journal
"Your playing certainly is top notch." - Russ Davis, XM Radio Jazz Channel 72
"Your CD is great! Brazilian Wish is Awesome!" - Rachelle Bivins
(Publisher, ABYSSJazz magazine)
"Finley's playing is fluid and melodic, with satisfying nuance" - Taconic Press
"Remarkable technique on trumpet and flugelhorn" - Schenectady Gazette
"Standout solo trumpet" - Troy Times Record
"Finley's sound is velvety" - Adirondack Life Magazine
"Execution is virtually flawless; he smokes on every tune" - Frank Villafane
(Reviewer for WWW.VINILEMANIA.NET)
"You make me proud to make mouthpieces!! It is always a treat for me to
hear a player sound so good and think that I may have a had a part in it" -
Terry Warburton (Warburton Mouthpieces)
"Your CD is world class, top of the food chain and your playing is a wonderful
amazement on so many instruments it is dizzying." - Don Miller, bassist
"Matt's concert is our favorite event of the year" - DCC Student Activities Office
"Matt's performance is nothing short of beautiful in every way" - Tim Wendt,
trumpeter, commenting on 'Jordan' video.