Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

Ernie Fields, Jr.

The Oklahoma Historical Society identifies Ernie Orlando Fields as born in Tulsa in 1934, educated at Booker T. Washington High School, and active as a baritone saxophonist, composer, session musician, and television music contractor. The Oklahoma Eagle adds Tulsa family context, bagpipe work, and the father-son Hall induction with Ernie Fields Sr.

Oklahoma connection

OHS and The Oklahoma Eagle document Tulsa birth, Booker T. Washington education, family, and Oklahoma Jazz Hall context.

Musical work and relationships

Baritone saxophonist; composer; session musician; arranger/bandleader; television music contractor; son of Ernie Fields Sr.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists Ernie Fields Jr. as a band leader and saxophonist inducted in 1996.

Sources

  1. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  2. theokeagle.com/2021/12/12/from-tulsa-to-broadway-and-back/
  3. jazzdepotlive.com/portfolio/ernie-fields-jr-1996/
  4. www.okjazz.org/inductees/