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John Esposito

Born: March 4, 1953

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.

Extra Pressure

By Eric Person

Label: Distinction
Released: 2026
Track listing: Extra Pressure; Personal Blues; Fallout; The Pull; There will be Better Days; Special Someone; Perfection; Song of September; Constellations-Pictures of Orion; This Devotion.

Eric Person: Extra Pressure

by Mike Jurkovic
June 7, 2026

Curating the elders while clearing his own path, there is an urgent, blue ease to alto and soprano sax man Eric Person's resonance. As a matter of fact, there is a blue urgency to all of Person's compositions: His wiry lines have stories to tell and tell them he does, with a soulful urban sovereignty. Witness “Fallout," ...

John Esposito & A Book Of Five Rings: Vulcan

By John Esposito

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Void Night 1; Vulcan Night 1; Ley Lines Night 1; Dolmen Night 1; Water Night 1; Fire Night 1; Seismic Night 1; Wind Night 1; Humanity Night 1; Void Night 2; Vulcan Night 2; Ley Lines Night 2; Dolmen Night 2; Water Night 2; Fire Night 2; Seismic Night 2; Wind Night 2; Humanity Night 2.

Laura

By John Esposito

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.

Blues For Outlaw Hearts

By John Esposito

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.

Dan McClenaghan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Dan McClenaghan
December 9, 2024

These recordings are 2024's best of the best. If the business of jazz is a rough go, the art of jazz thrives. Click on the album titles to see the full reviews. Bill AnschellImprobable Solutions Origin Records David FriesenThis Light Has ...

John Esposito: Blues For Outlaw Hearts

by Dan McClenaghan
March 10, 2024

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 ...

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

February 6, 2024

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, ...

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

January 25, 2024

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 ...