Matt Finley

• Multi-instrumentalist Matt Finley has played professionally for nearly 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 Los Angeles Music Awards. He is featured on four CDs released in 2010. Matt is a retired professor of computer information systems and former dean of academic affairs at Dutchess Community College.

• dba Kingsmill Music, a jazz music publishing company listed with BMI.



• BMI composer, arranger, and award-winning songwriter.



• Studied composition under Edgar Curtis, Director of the Albany Symphony Orchestra.



• Permanent New York State music teaching certification.



• Member, Local 238-291 American Federation of Musicians.



• Professional jazz musician for 48 years.



• Multi-instrumentalist (flugelhorn, trumpet, soprano sax, flute, alto flute, vibes and a few others).



• Experienced studio sideman.



• Leader of Rio JAZZ, the Hudson Valley's premier Brazilian jazz concert band, since 1988.



• Composer (8 songs), arranger and sideman for Tomas Martin Lopez' CD, "On the Beat Path".



• Sideman and arranger for Denise Jordan Finley's CDs, Hauntress and Solstice.



• Sideman jazz soloist (flugelhorn & soprano sax) for CDs by Sharon Klein and Barbara Martin.



• Studio software includes SONAR, Adobe Audition, Encore, Band-in-a-Box, and Ozone.



• Studio hardware includes a complete setup for composing, arranging and single-instrument recording.



• "Brazilian Wish" jazz CD at www.cdbaby.com/cd/mattfinley



• If you have some great music that needs the jazz touch, let's talk. If I'm not right for your job, I know many others who might be.