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Matt Finley

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Brazilian jazz flugelhorn soloist, bandleader and composer

Multi-instrumentalist Matt Finley has played professionally for over 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 2010. In 2013, Matt orchestrated and performed four of his Brazilian jazz compositions in concert with the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra. Matt is a retired professor of computer information systems and former dean of academic affairs at Dutchess Community College.

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I've been playing Brazilian jazz since it hit the USA in the early 60s, and never stopped! Now I add to the genre with my compositions and concerts.

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This page was last updated on 2017-02-21.

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