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John Esposito

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

Sangeeta Michael Berardi: The Mr. P Sessions

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 ...

Orisha

By JOHN ESPOSITO

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Orisha; Tears; Mockingbird; Spider; Myanmar; Dreams; Fly; Stygian Bright; Serenity; Personal Blues; Obsidian/Iridian; Orisha.

John Esposito / Ira Coleman / Peter O'Brien: Orisha

By JAKOB BAEKGAARD

No matter the musical constellations he has worked in, deconstruction and reimagining of the jazz tradition has always been a crucial part of the art of pianist John Esposito. This is especially true when considering his take on the piano trio, one of the most tried and true formats in jazz. Back in ...

Jayna Nelson: Bloom of Creation

By JAKOB BAEKGAARD

While it is often recognized that music is a matter of both the head and the heart, few artists have taken the statement as literally as the flutist Jayna Nelson. Before the recording of a concert at the legendary Knitting Factory, she instructed her fellow players by handing out copies of a diagram showing the brain's ...

Flying With The Comet

By JOHN ESPOSITO

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Flying With The Comet; Barbara; Song For A New Life; Discoverers; Birthright; We Got Rhythm; Jump At The Sun; Two; Don't Look Back.

The Blue People

By JOHN ESPOSITO

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Boppin'; Just Fiends; Late November; Flex; The Blue People; Joan; Musashi; Rhyme; Fast Ride.

Inyo

By JOHN ESPOSITO

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Premonition; Thirteen Steaks/One Salmon; A Note to Myself; Fudoh I; Apprehensive; Crescent Sound; Inyo; The Chuckster; Upward Decent; Fudoh II; Horizon.