In 1974 he began playing with Chico Hamilton, Airto Moreira, and Flora Purim. He moved to New York City after attending Berklee College of Music for a short time in 1971. ![]() He played in that band for several years. On returning to San Francisco, he became friends with guitarist Jim Checkley, who invited him to join Beefy Red in 1969. When he was fourteen, he began playing electric guitar and joined a band that opened a show for Herman's Hermits. He lived in Hong Kong with his mother in the early 1960s. Finnerty is the author of books on music improvisation and a semi-autobiographical novel.įinnerty was born in San Francisco and raised on the West Coast, studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and University of California Berkeley. Michael Barry Finnerty (born December 3, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and arranger, known for his work as a touring and recording session musician for Miles Davis, The Crusaders, the Brecker Brothers, Hubert Laws, and Ray Barretto.
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