Bio
Born into a tiny town of 400 people, secluded on the top of a mountain in rural Pennsylvania, Ernest's musical personality was weaned on Yok Tom Billy Urban's Polka Party, Dial-N-Deal (a sort of call in yard sale), and the Saturday morning 50's doo-wop radio show, as well as Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton 8-tracks. The music played next door at his grandparents bar was Merle Haggard, Willy Nelson, Hank Williams Sr., Patsy Cline, etc. (the good old country music), as well as a ton of Elvis.
Guitar and bass lessons, along with favored recordings by Kiss, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa and The Beatles... comprised Ernest's formative musical influences. These early influences and experiences combined with playing in local bands steered Ernest to Boston's Berklee College of Music.
Ernest Graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree magna cum laude and continued his education in Boston studying with jazz great Ran Blake and the Boston Symphony's John Stovall. He spent every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night jamming as the house bassist at Wally's Cafe with the best local musicians, as well as with the likes of Kenny Garrett, Jeff Watts, Josh Redman, Antoino Hart and several Marsalis Brothers.
Ernest is an in demand session bassist having performing on over 35 releases and commercials for AT&T, LG phones, V8, Budweiser, Nike, General Electric, as well as on tracks for such television shows as Blue's Clues, Dawson's Creek, The Today Show, One Life to Live, The Osbournes and The Real World. He has also recorded for many international artists including Danille Howle, Stephen Merritt, DJ FS, DJ Spooky and The Real Tuesday Weld.
Currently Ernest is devoting his time to producing music out of his home studio in Stamford, CT. He has done work for NASCAR, Cherry Lane Publishing, Professional Bull Riding, Bunim-Murray, AT&T, LG Electronics, Diet Pepsi, ENYCE, V8, and several tv shows including 4 seasons of The Real World, 2 Seasons of The Duel and One Life to Live. Recently Ernest was a staff composer for the last season of NBC's Emmy winning show Starting Over. He has scored the film "Local Flavors Singapore" (Pratt & Whitney) and contributed music to the short film "Looking for Mr. Right" as well as scoring several industrial shorts. He has composed and produced music for Selectracks, Sonic Librarian and Heavy Hitters Music Libraries and has produced several records and artists. He is also a member of the group Plexus.
Mr. Adzentoivich has studied bass under Leigh Mesh (Associate Principal of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), John Stovall (Boston Symphony Orchestra), Ran Blake, Gunther Schuller, Kenny Werner, Bruce Gertz, Ed Lucie and Jim Smith.
He has performed at The Lilith Fair, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Barge Music, SXSW & CMJ music festivals, the JVC and Boston Globe Jazz Festivals, Crystal and Carnival Cruise Lines, as well as touring across the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe and Scandinavia.