ESP musician - All About Jazz

Updated: December 15, 2022

Active since: June 5, 1998

E.S.P. is a high energy, contemporary jazz group featuring original music. Their recordings are part jazz, part funk and part world music. Its real jazz, you just won't need your GPS to follow it!.

This exciting jazz quartet's 2009 album Time’s Up! (SPIDER RECORDS) was featured in JAZZIZ magazine. In 2010, the record won a Syracuse Area Music Award (Sammy) for best jazz Recording and continues to receive airplay in more than 120 cities worldwide. In 2012, E.S.P. was voted “Best Jazz Group” in the Syracuse New Times annual reader’s poll.

Their 2011 release, Reach (SPIDER RECORDS), was produced by the Grammy Award-winning bassist of The Yellowjackets, Jimmy Haslip, and features three tracks with legendary keyboardist Jeff Lorber. This year, E.S.P. released Zero Gravity to critical acclaim winning the band its third consecutive SAMMY award.

E.S.P. has opened for many big jazz names including Chris Boti, The Rippingtons and Jeff Kashiwa’s Sax Pack among others. Members have also backed jazz greats including The New York Voices, Joey DeFrancisco and Martha Reeve

Awards

2011 SAMMY Award for best jazz CD of the year 2015 SAMMY Award for best jazz CD of the year 2017 SAMMY Award for best jazz CD of the year Voted Best of Syracuse NewTimes Newspaper

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MIDWEST RECORD REVIEW

"E.S.P. created a CD that's rewarding to listen to. You will enjoy the music on this album. Bravo!" -Peter Erskine "True jazz improv, yet glistens with a modern sound" -JAZZIZ MAGAZINE "Al collection or soulful, passionate songs with a combination of excellent musicianship and years of instinctual experience" - Jimmy Haslip, The Yellowjackets "Both jazz purists and contemporary fans can easily enjoy" -Ron Jackson, smoothjazzvibes.com "5 Stars, Nothing short of awe-inspiring" -C.L. Adams, CASHBOX MAGAZINE "Without hesitation, ESP is the Best Contemporary Jazz Group to emerge from Upstate New York since Spyro Gyra exploded on the National scene three decades ago. These guys are the real deal!" -Frank Malfitano, founder & producer, Syracuse Jazz Fest; past producer, Detroit International Jazz Festival Worth the Wait "It has truly been worth the wait for this new ESP album because the band has taken their music to a whole new level this time around. The band does a great job blending innovative concepts and styles and each song forms its own narrative and conveys a rich musical conversation with the listener.” Eric Cohen, WAER Jazz88 ESP: Changing the Face of Syracuse Jazz Len Senecal, THE EDGE Band Can Play with the Best ESP is talented and versatile. by Mark Bialczak, THE POST STANDARD Produced by ESP engineered by bassist Matt Vacanti, ESP introduces one of the area's most creative collaborations of 1999." By Russ Tarby, Syracuse New Times "These guys are the real deal!" - Frank Malfitano, producer of Detroit and Syracuse Jazz Festivals “ESP is talented and versatile. They mixed standards and originals to fill the square with very cool jazz.” “One of the top 10 Best CDs from Central NY” - Mark Bialczak, The Post Standard “ESP is a group of extremely talented and competent musicians who quite obviously take their jazz seriously —as equally straight-ahead as it is contemporary. Time’s Up is a fine piece of work that both contemporary fans and jazz purists can easily enjoy.” - Ron Jackson, Smooth Jazz Vibes "A guitar trio that simply owns it!" "Serious jazzers with deep chops!" - Chris Spector, MIDWEST RECORD “5 STARS! "Time's Up!" is nothing short of awe-inspiring.The time has come to stop looking for the next big thing, and toss e.s.p.'s "Time's Up!" into your stereo. You'll thank me later.” - - Christopher Llewellyn Adams, Cashbox Magazine ___________________________________________________________

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