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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.

Lyra

By John Esposito

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2018

Sangeeta Michael Berardi: The Mr. P Sessions

by Dan McClenaghan
February 9, 2014

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 ...

Tahrir

By John Esposito

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2012

Sunjump Records Announces New CD Release By Sangeeta Michael Berardi

January 12, 2012

SUNJUMP RECORDS ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE FOR 2012 Sangeeta Michael Berardi: Calling Coltrane Sangeeta Michael Berardi, Guitar James Finn, Tenor Sax, Flute John Esposito, Piano Hilliard Greene, Bass Peter O'Brien, Drums The second part of the 1996 Studio session that yielded Sangeeta Michael Berardi's Earthship reveals more ...

Calling Coltrane

By Sangeeta Michael Berardi

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. Trane's Church- Sunjump Music/BMI 2.Wise One- Jowcol Music/BMI 3.Calling Coltrane- Sangeeta Music/BMI 4.Six For Rashied- Sangeeta Music/BMI 5.Three For The Trees- Sangeeta Music/BMI 6. Thank You, Trane- Sangeeta Music/BMI 7. Five For Finn- Sangeeta Music/BMI 8. Pharoah's Dance- Sunjump Music/BMI

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
October 3, 2010

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 ...

Sunjump Records Announces New CD Release by John Esposito

September 13, 2010

The tenth CD to appear on Sunjump, John Esposito's Orisha is his second trio recording with bassist Ira Coleman and drummer Peter O'Brien. The trio's first CD “Down Blue Marlin Road" was “deconstruction/reconstruction" of some of the most oft played tunes of the jazz standard repertoire. The trio also collaborated on Jeff Marx's Treading Air...Breathing Fire ...

Jayna Nelson: Bloom of Creation

by Jakob Baekgaard
February 3, 2010

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 ...