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Joe Ercole

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Joe Ercole started playing piano at the age of 9. He studied at Peabody Conservatory of Baltimore on a scholarship. Once a month the faculty monitored Joe’s progress. He would have to play in the concert hall for the faculty behind closed doors. After a year, a handful of professors would offer to teach him for free and come to his house. To cut down on travel time his father elected to have them come to him. That went on for 4 years. Then Joe heard the Beatles and turned his interest toward that genre of music, despite his father’s disappointment. At the age of 13 he started a band and started to play rock and roll and Motown cover tunes. At 16 he heard Jimmy Smith the jazz organist and his attention turned to jazz

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Joe Ercole

Read "Take Five With Joe Ercole" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Joe Ercole: I started at age nine at Peabody Conservatory and graduated from Berklee summa cum laude in 1979. Composed and produced a club house techno CD called No Code and composed and produced for Bona Fide--also a founding member. Had two #1 hits, voted best new artist 2001 (Oasis award) and have won Emmy, ...

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News: Recording

Review of Joe Ercole's "Exposed"

Review of Joe Ercole's "Exposed"

Upon starting piano at the age of nine, it was clear that Joe Ercole was no ordinary talent. He studied at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore on a scholarship and then went on to gain distinction as a summa cum laude graduate from Berklee in Boston. He spent some time writing scores for film, TV, and ...


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