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Knoxcast Ep. 04 – Ernie Fields, Jr.

X-Factor, The Voice, and American Idol. Marvin Gaye, B.B. King, and Bobby Blue Bland.  Multi-Woodwind Artist and Music Contractor Ernie Fields, Jr. has worked with all of these, and many more.  Celebrating a 60-plus-year career, he’s still one of the busiest Music Contractors in Hollywood today.

Ernie has worked in every area of the music industry, and his roots go back to the days when big band and jazz was Pop Music.  Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ernie, who is better known to his colleagues as “Kool Man Kool,” got his start playing and touring with his father’s famous Ernie Fields Orchestra in the 1940’s and 1950’s.  He’s as laid-back and kool as they come, and today I’m honored we get to talk to Ernie about his life and career in music.

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Knoxcast is where the world’s top musicians, composers, & producers tell us how they’ve made it in the world of music for TV, Film, Games, Stage, & Studio. From Hollywood to the world, get insider info, stories, and tips from the professionals who’ve done it all. If you’re a musician, a student, a freelancer in any field, or simply a fan of great music and musicians, then KnoxCast is for you.

Follow KnoxCast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knoxcast-mostly-on-music/id1339384407

Follow KnoxCast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0w1cQ8rIQ4TSX5nMkRVB9e

Episode originally published August 1, 2018.

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New KnoxCast episodes coming soon: Chris Tedesco & Ernie Fields, Jr.

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Coming Very Soon:  Two new episodes of KnoxCast!

Chris Tedesco (Homeland, The Kennedys, Christina Aguilera) explains his success recording, performing, and contracting for the studio, stage, and every live environment imaginable.

Contractor-to-the-stars Ernie Fields, Jr. (American Idol, The Voice, X-Factor) has a 60-plus-year career in music: he toured with his father’s big bands & his own bands, recorded with Marvin Gaye et al., and is now a Music Contractor in Hollywood.

Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher below to hear them the instant they’re published, or listen on my website here.

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Knoxcast Ep. 03 – Carl Saunders

Carl Saunders is “the best jazz trumpeter you’ve never heard.”  And if you have heard him, you might just stop at “the best.”  John Williams, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett — Carl has performed and/or recorded with all of them and more.  Now with 4 jaw-dropping solo albums of his own, all available on iTunes and wherever music is streamed or sold, he’s also focused on recording most if not all of the 300+ songs he’s composed over the years, which are available in his new book entitled NEW JAZZ STANDARDS, available on www.CarlSaunders.com right now.  He’s become a friend and musical mentor of mine, so without further ado….FullSizeRender-4

KnoxCast is where the world’s top musicians, composers, and producers tell us about how they’ve made it in the world of music for Film, TV, Games, Stage, and Studio. From Hollywood to the world, get insider info, stories, and tips from the professionals who’ve done it all. If you’re a musician, a student, a freelancer in any field, or simply a fan of great music and musicians, then KnoxCast is for you.

Follow KnoxCast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knoxcast-mostly-on-music/id1339384407

Follow KnoxCast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0w1cQ8rIQ4TSX5nMkRVB9e

Episode originally published January 27, 2018.