John Di Martino was a long time member of Ray Barretto's 'New World Spirit', He is a featured arranger and pianist on many of Ray Barretto's recordings including the grammy-nominated, CD: 'Contact' and 'Portraits In Jazz And Clave' (featuring James Moody, Kenny Burrell, Joe Lovano, Steve Turre, and Eddie Gomez).īorn in Philadelphia, Pa in 1959, John studied with Jimmy Amadie, Lennie Tristano, and Don Sebesky.

B' and 'Live And In Clave' (Bobby Sanabria). John’s discography includes Grammy-nominated CD’S: ”Love' (Issac Delgado), 'Freddy Cole Sings Mr. John has recorded numerous CDs on the High Note and Venus Records (Japan) labels as a leader, and with Freddy Cole, Gloria Lynn, Houston Person, and Nicki Parrott. John Di Martino's latest CD’s are: “Passion Flower” (the music of Billy Strayhorn ), featuring Raul Midon, Eric Alexander, Boris Kozlov, and Lewis Nash, and: “Mazel” (Yiddish Songs, re-imagined ), with Janis Siegel and Cantor Daniel Krammer ( ) John composed the music for the documentary series: “A Glimpse Of Paradise' (Prospera Medienproduktion) aired on Europe’s Arte Channel, and music for the video games: 'Batman: The Telltale Series' He is described as a 'shape-shifter', for his creativity across musical genres.

John Di Martino is a composer, arranger, jazz pianist, producer, and educator, based in New York City. It’s time to Discover, Learn, and Play jazz piano! Today, you are in for a real treat! I am joined by John Di Martino

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