About Jean Fineberg
POP/ROCK/LATINSister Sledge (“We Are Family")
Chic (“Freak Out”)
Laura Nyro
DEUCE
Saxophunk
The Four Tops
Martha and the Vandellas
Joe Cocker
Cornell Dupree
Leslie Gore
ISIS
James Moseley Band
Linda Tillery & Skin Tight
Saxophunk
The Four Tops
Martha and the Vandellas
Joe Cocker
Cornell Dupree
Leslie Gore
ISIS
James Moseley Band
Linda Tillery & Skin Tight
JAZZ/BIG BANDS
Melba Liston Octet
DEUCE
Montclair Women’s Big Band
Manhattan Jazz Composers’ Orch. (Slide Hampton, Dir.)
Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band
Larry Elgart Orchestra
Ernie Small Big Band
Stan Rubin Orchestra
Universal Jazz Coalition Big Apple Orchestra
DEUCE
Montclair Women’s Big Band
Manhattan Jazz Composers’ Orch. (Slide Hampton, Dir.)
Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band
Larry Elgart Orchestra
Ernie Small Big Band
Stan Rubin Orchestra
Universal Jazz Coalition Big Apple Orchestra
BIBLIOGRAPY
Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul,
Irwin Stambler, St. Martin’s Press, Cover
Saxophone Journal,Cover Feature
Feminists Who Changed America,
Barbara Lowe, American Library Association
Stormy Weather,
Linda Dahl, Pantheon Books
Madame Jazz, Leslie Gours Oxford University Press
Amer
ican Women in Jazz,
Amer
ican Women in Jazz, Sally Placksin, Wideview Books
Eden Built By Eves,
Eden Built By Eves,
Bonnie J. Morris, Alyson Books
For The Record,
Irene Young, Olivia Records & Books
TEACHING
The Jazzschool, Berkeley, CA, faculty
Penn State University, Clinician
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, faculty
Michigan Women’s Music Festival, Clinician
Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival., All-Star
Music Works, El Cerrito, CA
Penn State University, Clinician
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, faculty
Michigan Women’s Music Festival, Clinician
Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival., All-Star
Music Works, El Cerrito, CA
EDUCATION
Penn State University, MEd, BS, BA
Indiana University Jazz Dept., Graduate study with David Baker
Private Saxophone study with: Joe Allard, George Coleman, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Sonny Stitt, Dave Liebman, Eddie Daniels
Private Drum study with: Alan Hall, David Garibaldi, John Mader
Indiana University Jazz Dept., Graduate study with David Baker
Private Saxophone study with: Joe Allard, George Coleman, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Sonny Stitt, Dave Liebman, Eddie Daniels
Private Drum study with: Alan Hall, David Garibaldi, John Mader
HONORS/AWARDS
ASCAP Composers Awards (3 years)
Nat’l Endowment for the Arts Jazz Composition Fellowship Grant
Nat’l Endowment for the Arts Jazz Composition Fellowship Grant
San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, Music Composition Grant
Ucross Foundation, Wyoming, Artist Residency in Music Composition
Anderson Center for the Arts, Minnesota, Artist Residency in Music Composition
The Studios of Key West, Florida, Artist Residency in MusicCompositionMeet the Composer Grants (3)
Panelist, San Francisco Arts Council
National Merit Music Scholarship
Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival, All-Star saxophonist and Combo Winner
Panelist, San Francisco Arts Council
National Merit Music Scholarship
Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival, All-Star saxophonist and Combo Winner
DISCOGRAPHY
David Bowie, Young Americans
Sister Sledge, We Are Family
Chic, C’est Chic
Chic, Risque
Sister Sledge, We Are Family
Chic, C’est Chic
Chic, Risque
Laura Nyro, Seasons of Light
Montclair Women’s Big Band, Montclair Women’s Big Band
DEUCE, DEUCE
Montclair Women’s Big Band, Montclair Women’s Big Band
DEUCE, DEUCE
DEUCE, Windjammer
ISIS, Breaking Through
ISIS, Ain’t No Backin’ Up Now
ISIS, Isis
ISIS, Ain’t No Backin’ Up Now
ISIS, Isis
John Tropea, Short Trip to Space
June Millington, Ticket to Wonderful
Michigan Women’s Music Fest, Live ‘85
Tammy Hall, Blue Soul
Latin Fever, Latin Fever
Teresa Trull, Let It Be Known
David Sydney Scott, David Sydney Scott
June Millington, Ticket to Wonderful
Michigan Women’s Music Fest, Live ‘85
Tammy Hall, Blue Soul
Latin Fever, Latin Fever
Teresa Trull, Let It Be Known
David Sydney Scott, David Sydney Scott
