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Janelle Finton
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Janelle Finton composer
Fascinated by many modes of creativity, Janelle Finton is a trumpeter, vocalist, composer, and poet who approaches music making and storytelling with wonder.
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Janelle has a diverse musical background in the traditions of classical, jazz, contemporary, theater, and sacred music. Elements of all these styles blend together in her performing and writing to create her unique sound of a warm and clear tone on the trumpet, lush orchestration in her arranging, technical virtuosity and conversational intimacy in her voice, vulnerability in her lyrics, and intentionality in her melodies, within both her compositions and improvisation.
She has played with groups such as the Maria Schneider Orchestra as a featured vocalist at Ravinia and the Elmhurst Jazz Festival, the Grace Fox Big Band at Birdland, and Dizzys Club in NY, the John Daversa Big Band at the Baked Potato in LA and the Jazz Education Network Conference, and the Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra. In spring 2024 she debuted her own group, joygarden, that combines elements of folk, jazz, and chamber music.
Janelle has been nationally recognized as a musician, being selected for groups such as the JAS Aspen Academy Big Band directed by Christian McBride, and NYO Jazz, where she performed at Carnegie Hall and toured Europe and Asia with Sean Jones, Dianne Reeves, and Kurt Elling. As a composer, Janelle has been recognized by Downbeat, the American Composers Forum, and has charts published through Brava Jazz, and Anchor Music.
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Janelle has a diverse musical background in the traditions of classical, jazz, contemporary, theater, and sacred music. Elements of all these styles blend together in her performing and writing to create her unique sound of a warm and clear tone on the trumpet, lush orchestration in her arranging, technical virtuosity and conversational intimacy in her voice, vulnerability in her lyrics, and intentionality in her melodies, within both her compositions and improvisation.
She has played with groups such as the Maria Schneider Orchestra as a featured vocalist at Ravinia and the Elmhurst Jazz Festival, the Grace Fox Big Band at Birdland, and Dizzys Club in NY, the John Daversa Big Band at the Baked Potato in LA and the Jazz Education Network Conference, and the Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra. In spring 2024 she debuted her own group, joygarden, that combines elements of folk, jazz, and chamber music.
Janelle has been nationally recognized as a musician, being selected for groups such as the JAS Aspen Academy Big Band directed by Christian McBride, and NYO Jazz, where she performed at Carnegie Hall and toured Europe and Asia with Sean Jones, Dianne Reeves, and Kurt Elling. As a composer, Janelle has been recognized by Downbeat, the American Composers Forum, and has charts published through Brava Jazz, and Anchor Music.
