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Mitch Kessler

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Born Cheverly, Maryland and raised in New York City. Studied saxophone with Billy Kerr in New York, then later at New England Conservatory with Joe Allard. Also studied arranging and composition at New England Conservatory with Jaki Byard, William Thomas McKinley and others. Education: BA, New England Conservatory 1982 MA, New England Conservatory 1984 JD, Boston College Law School, 1989 Presently practicing law in upstate New York, but still playing Jazz. Just released debut CD "Erratica" on John Esposito's Sunjump Records label, featuring John Esposito (piano), Ira Coleman (bass), and Peter O'Brien (drums).

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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 ...

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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 ...

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News: Recording

Sunjump Records Announces New CD Release by John Esposito

Sunjump Records Announces New CD Release by John Esposito

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 ...

Album

Erratica

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2009

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Article: Record Label Profile

Sunjump: Archaeology of the Present

Read "Sunjump: Archaeology of the Present" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


In a time when the music business, as many other other branches of commerce, is in crisis, it has become increasingly relevant to ask what needs to be done in order to save record labels. While the major companies retreat to protective copyright thinking and unimaginative repacking of archive material, a new host of independent labels ...


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