Ernest Turner
(c) Valèrie C. Courrèges
A native of Durham, North Carolina, Ernest Turner has been an active performer and educator since 1999. Studying piano from the age of 4 - first with his mother and later with Mrs. Barbara Cooke - he went on to receive his B.M. and M.M in jazz studies from Loyola University of New Orleans and University of New Orleans, respectively. It was here in New Orleans the young pianist learned the commitment necessary to sharpen his craft, and encountered two of the strongest influences of his early musical career, jazz pianist Michael Pellera and classical pianist John Murphy.
Over the last ten years he has had the pleasure of performing with many great jazz musicians, including Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Adonis Rose, Ron Westray, the Heath Brothers, John Brown and Nneena Freelon and many others. He has also toured nationally and internationally, and is a featured sideman on Stephen Riley’s “El Gaucho” and “Lucky Seven”, and Brian Horton’s “ A Brand New Day”. He has also been active in education, doing numerous music clinics/educational performances and serving on the faculty at East Carolina University from 2006-2010.
Ernest is involved in various projects in the North Carolina area, including upcoming debut albums for his acoustic piano trio, as well as the electric fusion band, The Black Experience.
Over the last ten years he has had the pleasure of performing with many great jazz musicians, including Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Adonis Rose, Ron Westray, the Heath Brothers, John Brown and Nneena Freelon and many others. He has also toured nationally and internationally, and is a featured sideman on Stephen Riley’s “El Gaucho” and “Lucky Seven”, and Brian Horton’s “ A Brand New Day”. He has also been active in education, doing numerous music clinics/educational performances and serving on the faculty at East Carolina University from 2006-2010.
Ernest is involved in various projects in the North Carolina area, including upcoming debut albums for his acoustic piano trio, as well as the electric fusion band, The Black Experience.