John Esposito (musician)

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John Esposito (born March 4, 1953 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American jazz pianist , composer , arranger and record producer . He also plays the drums.

Live and act

John Esposito grew up in the Hudson Valley; his grandfather was briefly violinist and woodwind with Paul Whiteman . As a teenager he played in blues bands and studied composition at the State University of New York in Albany ; in his work during this time he integrated influences from John Cage , Robert Ashley , Frederic Rzewski and Elliott Carter . Eventually he turned to improvisation and the jazz piano; after college he played as a resident pianist in the Gemini Jazz Café in Albany a. a. with JR Monterose and Nick Brignola . In 1980 he moved to New York City, where he worked for five years in the quartet of saxophonist Arthur Rhames . In 1985 he founded his own quintet Second Sight , in which u. a. Dave Douglas played; In 1986 the album Flying with the Comet was released with Esposito's own compositions. He has also worked on recordings by Rashied Ali , Dave Douglas, Franklin Kiermyer , Dave Holland , Eric Person ( More Tales to Tell , 1995), Arthur Rhames ( Live At Soundscape ), Sam Rivers , Pharoah Sanders and John Stubblefield .

From the 1990s he taught jazz piano, drums, repertoire, composition and harmony at Bard College . In 2006, Esposito founded his record label SunJump, which featured music from his own band projects and recordings by other musicians such as Mitch Kessler, Sangeeta Michael Berardi, and previously unreleased sessions by Arthur Rhames. He worked with a quintet of Eric Person (saxophone), Greg Glassman (trumpet), Kenny Davis (bass) and Pete O'Brien (drums) and a trio of Ira Coleman (bass) and Pete O'Brien with whom he played Series of recordings.

Discographic notes

  • Tiger Tracks (1987)
  • The Blue People (SunJump, 2006)
  • Down Blue Marlin Road (SunJump, 2006)
  • Inyo (SunJump, 2008)
  • Orisha (SunJump, 2010)

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Esposito, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City