Ernie Savage
Composer, Pianist, Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter.
Watch & Listen
Harry: Songs & Stories
Ernie was friends with Harry. These are his stories — Brooklyn, the RCA years, the friendship, the Nyack, New York days — told firsthand by the man who performs him, in conversation with 40-year broadcast veteran Frank LoBuono on “Being Frank.” Four songs played live along the way.
Celebrate Nilsson — Tickets & Dates ▸Host — the Celebrate Nilsson Room, NERFA 2026
All three nights, November 12–14, The Desmond, Albany. A late-night salon in the spirit of Harry Nilsson: the host at the piano and guitar with Nilsson’s songs and stories, and invited guest songwriters performing their own best story songs and ballads.
Thu · Fri · Sat
Ernie Savage
Ernie Savage is a New York–based composer, songwriter, and performer whose four decades of musical work span live performance, studio production, and composition for television.
He co-composed the theme for NBC’s Early Today, heard nationwide for nearly a decade, and received the 2005 Promax Gold Award for Best Show Theme.
Savage held a residency at Sambuca Jazz Club in Houston (1998–2000). His live album Swing This received worldwide radio airplay and critical acclaim, and he and his band were routinely featured in the Houston Chronicle.
He curated and led a weekly Thursday night music series at New York’s historic Friars Club that became a regular staple for entertainment professionals, including Sally Jessy Raphael, Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, Lisa Lampanelli and Jeff Ross.
His six-month Friday night engagement fronting his 10-piece big band at New York City’s Carnegie Club was a sellout.
Performances for corporate clients include American Express, Deloitte, Coca-Cola, and Apple. His studio production work ranges from pop and rock icons such as Stephen Stills and David Johansen to renowned chanteuses and recording artists such as Lisa Zane and Deanna Kirk.
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Current Shows
Celebrate Nilsson
The emotional and deeply human songs of Harry Nilsson — music where sweetness and melancholy live side by side. Songs such as Everybody’s Talkin’ · Without You · Gotta Get Up · Coconut · Remember · One · Spaceman · 1941, reimagined through solo piano, acoustic guitar, and voice. Between performances, Ernie shares brief reflections on Nilsson’s life, the era that shaped his music, and the remarkable musical imagination that made him one of the most distinctive voices of the singer-songwriter era.
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Celebrate the Songwriters: Radio 1967–1987
The companion show — eighteen songs from radio's golden decades, 1967 to 1987, and the writers behind them. Story-driven, built for listening rooms and theaters.
The Salon Series
Limited-seating concerts in a private Manhattan studio, running year-round in New York.