John D'earth

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John D'earth (born March 30, 1950) is an American post bop/hard bop jazz trumpeter born in Holliston, Massachusetts, has appeared on recordings by Dave Matthews and Bruce Hornsby as well as recording a number of CDs on his own. In his early career he played in Bob Moses innovative bands, and moved to Virginia with bandmates drummer Robert Jospe and singer Dawn Thompson (whom D'earth later married.) For many years he and Thompson have had a weekly gig at Miller's in Charlottesville. His is also known his work with musicians such as Miles Davis, Buddy Rich or Emily Remler.^[1] He is the Director of Jazz Performance at the University of Virginia.

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