Matt Finley

        Some of my compositions are available for immediate online purchase at Sheet Music Plus.

                 

• Songs composed for my CD, "Brazilian Wish"

• Another Year (4:40) - urban sophistication in a pop-oriented bossa nova with unusual syncopation and changes, and Matt on sensuous harmon-mute trumpet



• Brazilian Wish (4:38) - a dusky, introspective bossa nova reminiscent of Jobim, featuring solos by Matt and Warren Bernhardt in a hybrid of Brazilian sonic structures under sleek, melodic American-style jazz



• Calm Waters (6:10) - a smooth-as-silk bossa melody that breaks into driving double-time solos by Matt and Warren, seriously roiling the waters before returning to the calming melody



• Childhood Home (5:24) - a lyrical bossa nova anchored by Romero Lubambo with a lovely flugelhorn solo by Matt and great rhythmic counterpoint to create additional interest



• Father's Day (4:10) - a hip, driving straight-ahead jazz samba with solos by Matt Finley, Jon Werking, Jeff Ciampa and Dave Mann



• So Close (4:49) - the whole band charges out of the gate on this up-tempo samba and keeps up the pace throughout, especially Romero Lubambo's acoustic guitar solo, with a percussion break showcasing Joel Rosenblatt and Tomas Martin Lopez



• Softly Speaking (4:22) - a wistful and introspective closing track that conveys the musical equivalent of the tropical sunset pictured on the CD's back cover



• There You Are (3:54) - a contemporary bossa fusion sound in driving 7/4, featuring the drumming of Joel Rosenblatt and the arranging of keyboardist Jon Werking



• When She's Gone (4:08) - a catchy jazz cha-cha; dance to this one that's easy on the ears






Hear 30-second samples of these nine songs on my CD at BandCamp: 

    

  © 2006 Kingsmill Music / BMI




• Songs composed for Tomas Martin Lopez' CD, "On the Beat Path"

• A Love to Keep
• Bahia Blues
• Blue Salsa
• Images of Rio    (YouTube video of Tomas Martin Lopez band in concert. Bill O'Connell and Ivan Renta, soloists)
• Julia    (YouTube video of RioJAZZ in concert)
• Susan
• There You Are (the original version in 4/4)
• Wake Up



• The following songs are not yet professionally recorded. Most are composer demos using computer-generated tracks. I encourage you to perform these songs as long as you credit me as the composer. Contact me for a chart.

• A Beach in Brazil
• A Child's Eyes
• And Then We're Done
• Always Be For You
• Always Love
• As the Summer Ends
• Best of Times
• Blue Cat
• Blue Door
• Bop Sauce
• Brazilian New Year
• Cancao
• Enchanted
• Good News
• Hardly Any Snow
• Holiday Bell Waltz
• I Wrote This Just For Me
• Joey's Shaker   (for my granddaughter)
• Jordan     (YouTube video of RioJAZZ in concert)
• Just a Little Bit Higher     (YouTube video of RioJAZZ in concert)
• Just Where You Want to Be
• Kind and Gentle   (in memory of my brother, Sherwood)
• Last Day of Summer (maybe my best song)
• Mark's Blues
• Moving North
• Nevertheless
• Never Too Late
• No Place I'd Rather Be
• Now That We Know
• Old Town
• One Last Time
• Peaceful Day
• Sambapoint
• Scarcely Any Snow
• Slow and Steady
• Someone Who Cares
• Spring Samba
• Starting Over
• Till Next Summer
• Thirty Cigars
• This Old is New
• Too Much to Do
• Yesterday's Children
• You Are All I Need
• You're Nearby



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All songs are copyrighted by Madison K. Finley for Kingsmill Music / BMI. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Last update: Feb. 2, 2022.