Ernest Anderson III - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Started out playing Bb clarinet at age 8, guitar at 11, adding alto saxophone as well as contrabass at 14. Played the guitar in the high school jazz ensemble, eventually being selected to play in the All-State Jazz Ensemble. Played alto sax in the school symphonic and marching bands as well as the junior county orchestra. Played the contrabass in the school and county orchestra. Moved to Boston to attend school (majoring in guitar), culminating in a Bachelor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music, graduating a year and a half early. Following graduation, worked with various groups in Boston as well as playing solo concerts. Moved to New York shortly after, playing and touring in various bands and ensembles as well as performing solo. Currently based in New York.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/2/2006
Influences: John McLaughlin, Sam Rivers, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Alan Silva, Sonny Greenwich, Joe Diorio, George Freeman, Bill DeArango, Cecil Taylor, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Ted Greene, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Sharrock, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler, Joe Henderson, John Gilmore, Andrew Hill, Igor Stravinsky, Joseph Schillinger, Iannis Xenakis, Bern Nix, Archie Shepp, Grant Green, Peter Brotzmann, Karl Ratzer, Robbie Shakespeare, Aston Barrett, Brian Eno, Ted Dunbar, George Coleman, Tommy Bolin, Bill Connors, Albert King, Peter Kowald, Robert Fripp, Eddie Hazel, Derek Bailey, Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, Sonny Rollins, Pink Floyd, Ornette Coleman, Charles Ives, Jim Hall, Frank Wright.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New CD

I'm on a new CD as part of free jazz drum legend Marc Edwards's band Slipstream Time Travel, titled "Ode To A Dying Planet" on Ayler Records (www.ayler.com). The other musicians are Marc Edw...
Posted by Ernest Anderson III on Thu, 29 May 2008 09:48:00 PST

John Cage tribute recording

I will be participating in the recording of a tribute of a tribute to composer John Cage for Mode Records. I will be playing in two ensembles, performing Cage's composi...
Posted by Ernest Anderson III on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:05:00 PST

New CD on Ayler Records

I recently played on a new CD as part of drummmer Marc Edwards' Slipstream Time Travel. In addtion to Marc, the other musicians are Tor Snyder and myself on guitars and Jeffrey H...
Posted by Ernest Anderson III on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:14:00 PST

New recordings on Alpha Phonics Records

New CDs: "12 Votes" by drummer Marc Edwards-I had the pleasure of playing as part of his band Slipstream Time Travel on this recording. The line-up features Marc Edwards/drums, Tor Snyder and myself o...
Posted by Ernest Anderson III on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:58:00 PST

Recent recording

I've just finished a recording in collaboration with Greg Kramer, guitarist in the prog/death metal band Wetnurse. It's our two guitars, all improvised, very dark. Once we decide o...
Posted by Ernest Anderson III on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:57:00 PST

Fri., Sept. 29

Played a cool gig on Fri. in a trio @ Goodbye Blue Monday in Brooklyn-Ed Kollar (bass) & John Wieczorek (drums) sounded amazing-all the bands played great! It was cool meeting ...
Posted by Ernest Anderson III on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:57:00 PST

Thanks!

I will be adding some more downloads-thanks to all who offered positive feedback-it's greatly appreciated! The personnel on the two tracks are myself on guitar and a wonderful musician named Ed K...
Posted by Ernest Anderson III on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:01:00 PST

Goodbye Blue Monday 6/6/06

Fun gig in Brooklyn last night, except for the lady who showed up toward the end with her two little kids, let them run wild and then play chess (?!) really loud. Always cool to play there, run b...
Posted by Ernest Anderson III on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:16:00 PST