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John Esposito

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John Esposito is an American pianist/composer/drummer/producer who works on a wide array of creative music projects. His technical skills and the range of his artistic palette extend across the stylistic boundaries of the Stride Piano, Swing, Bebop, Modal and Free Music movements. He has performed and recorded with artists including Nick Brignola, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland, Carter Jefferson, Franklin Kiermyer, Joe Lovano, J.R. Monterose, David “Fathead” Newman, Eric Person, Arthur Rhames, Sam Rivers, Roswell Rudd, Pharaoh Sanders and John Stubblefield.

John is the owner/executive producer of Sunjump Records. He has created music for theater, dance, film, TV commercials, and multimedia performance art. He is a music faculty member and Artist-In-Residence at Bard College and resides in New York State’s Hudson Valley.

Album

Blues For Outlaw Hearts

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Longing; Sunlight; Storm Rising; Over The Wall; The Naked Truth; Outlaw Hearts; Blues For Shorty; What If...?; Plague Times; Riomaggiore.

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Laura

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Clarity; Laura; Blues For Bugalu; First Sight; Fearless; La Leque; Blues For Shorty; Through The Treetops; A Sailor's Farewell.

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Article: Album Review

John Esposito: Blues For Outlaw Hearts

Read "Blues For Outlaw Hearts" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Pianist John Esposito, the head honcho at Sunjump Records, has made part of his life's mission to feature underappreciated musicians. Guitarist Sangeeta Michael Berardi, who passed in 2024, was one of them. Berardi owed a big debt to saxophonist John Coltrane. This can be heard--leaving no doubt--on his Sunjump outing Earthship, released in 2008. In the ...

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News: Recording

Sunjump Records Announces the Release of 'Laura' by the John Esposito Sextet

Sunjump Records Announces the Release of 'Laura' by the John Esposito Sextet

John Esposito is an American pianist/composer/drummer/producer who works on a wide array of creative music projects. His technical skills and the range of his artistic palette extend across the stylistic boundaries of the Stride Piano, Swing, Bebop, Modal and Free Music movements. He has performed and recorded with artists including Nick Brignola, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland, ...

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News: Recording

Sunjump Records Announces New John Esposito Trio Release: Blues For Outlaw Hearts

Sunjump Records Announces New John Esposito Trio Release: Blues For Outlaw Hearts

Sunjump Records announces a new John Esposito Trio release: Blues For Outlaw Hearts “Its restless energy refuses to reside into the background and the dramatic ebb and flow of the music speaks of three artists for whom art is created in the here-and-now.” —Jakob Baekgaard, All About Jazz John Esposito presents his third trio record with ...

Album

Tiger Tracks

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. Arri

Album

Lyra

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2018

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Article: Extended Analysis

Sangeeta Michael Berardi: The Mr. P Sessions

Read "Sangeeta Michael Berardi: The Mr. P Sessions" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


In October of 1996, guitarist Sangeeta Michael Berardi went into Nevessa Studio in Woodstock, New York, and laid down the tracks for what would become two monumental recordings, Earthship (Sunjump Records, 2008) and Calling Coltrane (Sunjump Records, 2011). This is stunning music from a man who played with Alice Coltrane, Roswell Rudd, Rashied Ali, Archie Shepp--a ...

Album

Tahrir

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2012


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