Ernie Rideout
Ernie started his first band when he was 10 and started lugging a Rhodes when he was 14. In the few years that have elapsed since then, Ernie has performed in a wide variety of styles in a wide range of venues around the globe. Open to the world of music as well as the history of music, Ernie was once an ethnomusicologist, and studied music in Mexico, Thailand, Japan, and Hungary. He spent many years performing west African highlife, zydeco, Cajun, klezmer, and the music of other music cultures. He has been a member of America’s leading period instrument orchestra, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, for many years. His interest in playing early music on original instruments extends to playing blues on a B-3, rock ’n’ roll on a Wurly through a Fender Bassman, and dance music on a TB-303, among many other classic combinations. He’s as obsessed with virtual studios as anyone, though, and his laptop is packed with soft synths. No matter what the music and instrument are, Ernie is all about playing.Contact Info
- Editor in Chief
Ernie Rideout
E Mail: erideout@musicplayer.com
The Most Recent stories by Ernie Rideout
- Chick Corea and Gary Burton May 2008
The New Crystal Silence [Concord Records]
- That Was Fast May 2008
Five years ago today, I wrote my first “From the Editor” page. Just in case the particulars have slipped your mind in the intervening years (fortunately I had a copy on hand to refresh my own memory), my first issue as captain of the ...
- Dr. Oscar Peterson, 1925-2007 March 2008
Why did this man smile so much? The answer is in his music.
- Rudder February 2008
Rudder [Nineteen/Eight Records]
- Winter Webcasting February 2008
Winter got its hold on you yet? From my years in the Midwest and on the East Coast, I remember well how the excitement of new-fallen snow eventually gave way to a hopeless feeling brought on by the interminable grayness. Some years ...
- Looking Up December 2007
What’s going to be important to keyboardists this year? If I had to boil it down to a single word, it’d be this: improvement. In the course of my many years here at Keyboard, I haven’t run into very many players who were interested ...
- Asphalt Jungle October 2007
Bob Marley Remixed [RedEye]
- Wil Blades October 2007
Sketchy [Doodlin Records]
- Gotta Play October 2007
You probably remember the sound that inspired you to become a player. It may have been a recording that sent chills up your spine or set your feet moving. Perhaps it was a live concert, after which you simply couldn’t believe that human ...
- Increasing Vitality August 2007
Around these parts — the San Francisco Bay Area — Tom Coster is a local hero. Sure, it’s got a lot to do with the amazing success he had as the keyboardist in Santana in the mid-’70s, as well as his phenomenal musicianship and his long ...