“Nick Finzer, a new voice to the pantheon of upcoming trombone greats in the making, Nick’s CD is a glowing example of things to come. Great compositions, playing, and overall leadership of the band... the WHOLE package”
LEGACY (2024)
a Centennial Celebration of JJ Johnson’s Music Legacy featuring:
Lewis Nash - Drums | Rufus Reid - Bass | Renee Rosnes - Piano
Releasing April 5th, 2024 on Outside in Music
Recorded at the Legendary Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood, NJ. The site of many of JJ’s recordings.
Produced by GRAMMY Winning Producer, Arranger, and leader of the Gil Evans Project: Ryan Truesdell
Nick Finzer’s DREAms Visions Illusions (2023)
The new album project Dreams, Visions, and Illusions from Trombonist Nick Finzer is a culmination of over ten years of leading his sextet “Hear & Now” (whose first album, “Exposition” was released in January 2013) featuring Lucas Pino on Tenor Saxophone and Bass Clarinet, Alex Wintz on Guitar, Glenn Zaleski on Piano, Dave Baron on Bass, and Jimmy Macbride on drums.
The new album is the result of a Chamber Music America “New Jazz Works” grant received by the ensemble in 2021. The album sets out to explore the role of the muse in a creative life. The ups and the downs, a sense of searching for the unknown, and navigating a world in which the future is so often veiled and confusing.
““[Finzer’s] compositions are like stained-glass windows: lovely on the surface, but more impressive for how they imbue what’s behind them with color.””
NICK FINZER is one of the most dynamic musicians of the millennial generation. An award-winning trombonist, composer, producer, entrepreneur, and educator, Finzer is bringing the joy and power of Jazz to traditional fans and the most modern 21st century audiences. He’s on a mission to be a passionate voice defining the sound of Jazz in this age. Never satisfied with just one singular path Finzer can be found on stages all over the world with the likes of the Grammy-nominated Anat Cohen Tentet, leading his own band Hear & Now through their most recent critically acclaimed album: Cast of Characters (Outside in Music, 2020), topping Downbeat Magazine’s 2020 “Rising Star Trombone” Category of their Critics Poll, producing albums and videos for his record label Outside in Music, educating the next generation of musicians as the inaugural Assistant Professor of Jazz Trombone at the renowned University of North Texas, and maintaining a robust presence on his YouTube Channel & Across Social Media sharing resources on trombone, jazz education, and music marketing.
Now Booking:
EUROPE: Summer 2025
NORTH AMERICA: Fall 2025