John Finbury – American Nocturnes – Final Days of July (Green Flash Music, 2019)
“American Nocturnes – Final Days of July” is a charming album of original instrumental musical pieces from pianist and composer John Finbury.
Stylistically, the cinematic album combines elegant melodic chamber music with jazz sensibilities and American flavors. Finbury invited a superb cast of talented instrumentalists from the classical, jazz and world music fields. Although the album features familiar instruments in chamber music like cello and piano, there is also accordion and harmonica, which are uncommon. Notably, there is no percussion.
Lineup: Tim Ray on piano; Eugene Friesen on cello; Claudio Ragazzi on guitar; Roberto Cassan on accordion; Vitor Gonçalves on accordion; Roberto Cassan on accordion; Roni Eytan on harmonica; and John Finbury on piano.