Jazz Articles about Zachary Finnegan

About Zachary Finnegan

Album Review

Zachary Finnegan: Guidance and Gratitude

Read "Guidance and Gratitude" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
July 30, 2024

Guidance and Gratitude from trumpeter and composer Zachary Finnegan delivers nine highly-textured and involving selections. Each selection presents itself with a story background in its title and each is a multi-layered composition, a micro-symphony. It is intelligent music. “Urban Motion" is an energetic, perhaps frantic, landscape with an ostinato six-note bed and a reflective interlude before Finnegan takes off over Camila Minnitte Pereyra's furious drumming that is negotiating with him. There is also an all hell breaks ...

Radio & Podcasts

Nduduzo Makhathini, Wayne Bergeron, Maria Parker & Zachary Finnegan

by Joe Dimino
June 16, 2024

We kick off the 859th Episode of Neon Jazz with Zachary Finnegan, a rising star from Chicago and music from his debut album Guidance and Gratitude. From there, we dig into a musician who provided an early shot of inspiration for Zachary in Wayne Bergeron. Continuing on, we hear tasty new material from Maria Parker, Michael O'Neill, CeCe Gable and Amina Figarova. We also profile Jeff Shirley, a Kansas City-based guitarist with two 2024 albums. We also get in a ...