Jean Fineberg

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.

My career has taken me worldwide, recording and touring with David Bowie, Luther Vandross, Laura Nyro, Melba Liston, Chic, Bo Diddley and many others. I have been fortunate to perform at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Grammys in Los Angeles, the Monterey, San Francisco, San Jose Jazz Festivals and many others, including Montreux, Pori (Finland), the Netherlands, Rio de Janeiro and Acapulco.

I love composing, and I’m honored that the Montclair Women’s Big Band has recorded four of my original compositions for their upcoming second album. My tunes will also appear in the New Standards Fake Book from Berklee Press, and the Bay Area Jazz Composers’ Fakebook. I teach at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, CA, and serve on the board of the non-profit Jazzwomen and Girls Advocates.

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