Matt Finley
Musician and Consultant in Dutchess County, NY
Multi-instrumentalist Matt Finley has played professionally for over 55 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. He plays flugelhorn, trumpet, soprano sax & flute.
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. Brazilian Wish may be heard online at iTunes, Pandora & Spotify. Matt is featured on ten other CDs released since 2007 and has led the Brazilian jazz concert band, Rio JAZZ, since 1988.
Matt is a retired professor of computer information systems and former dean of academic affairs at Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, New York.