The Jean Fineberg Quintet is a professional band led by saxophonist/flutist Jean Fineberg. Featuring super funky, danceable modern sax playing, swinging flute solos and a hot rhythm section, their diverse all-original repertoire ranges from New Orleans R&B, blues and Latin, to uptempo swing and reggae. In addition to her quintet, whe performs with her recording, octet JAZZphoria.
Saxophonist and composer Jean Fineberg is a longtime fixture on the Bay Area original music scene, who has toured and/or recorded with David Bowie, Chic ("Freak Out"), Sister Sledge ("We Are Family"), Laura Nyro, Melba Liston, Cornell Dupree, The Larry Elgart Band and the Montclair Women’s Big Band.
Her compositions are included in Terri Lyne Carrington's “New Standards” and "The Bay Area Composers Fake Book," and have been performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Kennedy Center and the Grammys. Jean is profiled in numerous books and articles, including "Feminists Who Changed America” and “Saxophone Journal” and "KQED Arts & Leisure." She has served as composer-in-residence at nine U.S. art centers, and has received grants from Chamber Music America, the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, Intermusic SF, the NEA, ASCAP and Meet the Composer.