Nick Finzer
Nick Finzer (born May 22, 1988 in Rochester (New York) ) is an American jazz musician ( trombone , composition ) of modern jazz .
Live and act
Finzer was born into a musical family; his mother Sherry Finzer is a classical flautist. With the band in high school, he entered the competition Essentially Ellington of Jazz in Lincoln Center on. Finzer eventually studied at the Eastman School of Music ; He earned his Masters in the jazz program at the Juilliard School , where Steve Turre was his mentor. In 2010 he became a finalist at the Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone Competition of the International Trombone Association, and in 2011 he received the Eastern Trombone award at the National Jazz Trombone Competition . The first recordings were made in 2013 with Lucas Pino No Net Nonet , as well as with Bob Stewart ( Connections - Mind the Gap ) and the Eyal Vilner Big Band.
Under the mentorship of Wycliffe Gordon , he also worked on composition. After his debut album Exposition (Outside in Music, 2013), two of which won the ASCAP Herb Alpert Award , Finzer recorded The Chase for Origin Records in 2014 with Lucas Pino, Alex Wintz, Glenn Zaleski , Dave Baron and Jimmy MacBride . Finzer has appeared in various jazz clubs and venues in the course of his career, including a. also with Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox , Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra , Frank Wess , Lew Tabackin , Terell Stafford , Lewis Nash and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ( Ghost Band ), Walt Weiskopf , John Clayton , Slide Hampton , Frank Kimbrough , Carl Allen , Ray Drummond and Steve Turre. In the field of jazz he was involved in eleven recording sessions between 2013 and 2018. a. also with the Anat Cohen Tentet ( Triple Helix , 2019). At the Down Beat Critics Poll 2020 he was the winner as a rising star in the trombone category.
Discographic notes
- Hear & Now (Outside in Music, 2016)
- No Arrival (Posi-Tone, 2017)
Web links
- Web presence
- Nick Finzer at Allmusic (English)
- Nick Finzer at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical information in All About Jazz
- ↑ Nick Finzer, Trombone. Smalls, August 1, 2019, accessed August 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 6, 2019)
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SURNAME | Finzer, Nick |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (trombone) |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester (New York) |