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Jean Fineberg

Born: April 1, 1956

I am a freelance saxophonist/flutist, composer and bandleader based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in R&B, jazz, soul, funk, reggae, Latin, New Orleans and related styles.

My JAZZphoria octet has just released an album, along with a new video. JAZZphoria plays all my original groove-based music from swing, to bebop, reggae, funk, bossa nova, soca and salsa. The band is composed of two trumpets/flugelhorns, two saxes/flutes/clarinets, guitar, piano, bass & drums. All the arrangements feature big band style harmonies, great jazz solos backed up by a rock solid rhythm section.

New Releases, Birthday Celebrations For Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Billie Holiday & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 15, 2024

This broadcast makes the graceful morph from Womens History to Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from John Basile, Kandace Springs, Jamie Baum, Queen Esther, Leigh Pilzer, Lizz Wright and Tierney Sutton, with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Christine Jensen, Tessa Souter, Teri Parker, Tia Fuller, and Amina Claudine Myers, ...

Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month With New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts to Pearl Bailey, Sarah Vaughan, Alberta Hunter And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 10, 2023

This broadcast celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from the Erica Seguine Shon Baker Orchestra, Diego Rivera, the Saturn Quartet, Jeremy Pelt, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and a single from the Lisa Markley Nonet, plus birthday shoutouts to Pearl Bailey, Sarah Vaughan, Alberta Hunter, Tracy Chapman, Ledisi, Jean Fineberg and Norah Jones, among others. Thanks for ...

Jean Fineberg & JAZZphoria

By Jean Fineberg

Label: Pivotal Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Bluesworthy, Synesthesia, Raw Bar, Hemiology, Unfinished Business, More Funner, Key Westing, St. Mildred the Short, Dive Bar, Away with Words, Live at the Buck Snort Saloon

Music Is The Magic - Birthday Celebrations for Dorothy Ashby, Abbey Lincoln, Louis Armstrong And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 15, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Mike Clark & Leon Lee Dorsey, vocalist Lauren Henderson and saxophonist Jessy J, with birthday shoutouts to jazz greats Dorothy Ashby, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Abbey Lincoln among others, plus a celebration of Joni Mitchell's remarkable performance at the Newport Folk Festival. Thanks for listening and ...

Midsummer Releases From Duo Carmen Staaf & Allison Miller, Vocalists Deb Rasmussen and Lainie Cooke Plus Birthday Shoutouts And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 1, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from duo Carmen Staaf & Allison Miller, vocalists Deb Rasmussen and Lainie Cooke, Vancouver duo Laura Crema & Bill Coon, with birthday shoutouts to Lisa Maxwell, Cynthia Scott, Carmen Bradford, Helen Merrill, Nicole Glover, Janis Siegel and Luciana Souza, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear ...

New Releases Plus Birthday Celebrations For Dorothy Fields, Phoebe Snow & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 25, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from pannist Joy Lapps, a Carla Bley tribute by Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison & Ted Nash, the WJ3 All Stars, saxophonist Jean Fineberg, vocalist Sylvia Brooks plus a single from pianist Lauren Lee, with birthday shoutouts to Mary Osborne, lyricist Dorothy Fields, Phoebe Snow, Gayelynn McKinney, Akua Dixon, Lauren Sevian and ...

Bill Charlap, Ron Miles & Jean Fineberg

by Joe Dimino
June 19, 2022

From bandleader and musical force of nature Jean Fineberg we begin the 756th Episode of Neon Jazz with a track from her band's eponymous release followed by something from “The Godfather of Soul" and a commentary from Jean. We also delve into new music from Peter Curtis, Keith Oxman and Chris Greene. Vocalists take center stage ...

Saxophonist/Composer Jean Fineberg Makes Her Long-Awaited Leadership Debut With 'Jean Fineberg & Jazzphoria,' Set For April 8 Release On Pivotal Records

March 12, 2022

Tenor saxophonist-flutist Jean Fineberg puts the icing on the cake of a 50-year career with the April 8 release of Jean Fineberg & JAZZphoria on her Pivotal Records imprint. While the album is her first under her own name, Fineberg is anything but a newcomer to the music world: She has since the early 1970s been ...