Peter Erskine

Diana Krall’s ‘The Look of Love’ is her sixth (and best-selling) album released on September 18, 2001 by Verve. Track listing : 1.’S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:29 . 2.Love Letters (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:56 . 3.I Remember You (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 3:56 . 4.Cry Me a River (Arthur […]

Barbra Streisand’s ‘Partners’ is her thirty-fourth studio album devoted to vocal duets and released on September 16, 2014. Track Listing : 1.It Had To Be You (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) – 04:23 . 2.People (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 04:14 . 3.Come Rain Or Come Shine (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 04:11 . 4.Evergreen (Paul […]

September 7, 1980 – Robben Ford (g), Freddie Hubbard (tp), Randy Brecker (tp), Michael Brecker (ts), Joe Farrell (ts), Joe Henderson (ts), George Duke (kb), Alphonso Johnson (b) and Peter Erskine (d) are gathered at “Aurex Jazz Festival” at Yokohama Stadium, Japan

September 2, 1980 – Robben Ford (g), Freddie Hubbard (tp), Randy Brecker (tp), Michael Brecker (ts), Joe Farrell (ts), Joe Henderson (ts), George Duke (kb), Alphonso Johnson (b) and Peter Erskine (d) are gathered at “Aurex Jazz Festival” at Budokan in Tokyo,Japan

Randy Weston, Buddy DeFranco, Art Blakey, Lionel Hampton, Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, George Duke, Alphonso Johnson, Robben Ford, Peter Erskine, Jean Luc Ponty, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Sun Ra , John Zorn, Dexter Gordon. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 253 Posts we publish […]

During the first week of September 1982, Jaco Pastorius, the Word of Mouth Big Band and a couple of special guests such as Toots Thielemans took part in the “Aurex Jazz Festival” held in three different Japanese venues : Budokan, Tokyo (September 1st), Osaka Festival Hall (September 4th) and Yokohama Stadium (September 5th). Here is […]

August 25, 2013 – Peter Erskine, Lee Ritenour and Larry Goldings will share the stage at Jazz Alley in Seattle

July 21, 2015 – the Trio Med – that is drummer Peter Erskine, pianist Rita Marcotulli and double bassist Palle Danielsson – performs the opening concert at “Tuscia in Jazz summer 2015” in Bagnoregio, Italy

July 13, 1958 – Steps Ahead – that is Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Chuck Loeb, Victor Bailey and Peter Erskine – is at “Umbria Jazz Festival” in Perugia, Italy

Weather Report’s ‘Night Passage’ is their eleventh album recorded live before a crowd of 250 people on July 12 and 13, 1980 and released the same year by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Night Passage (Joe Zawinul) – 06:30 . 2.Dream Clock (Joe Zawinul) – 06:26 . 3.Port Of Entry (Wayne Shorter) – 05:09 . 4.Forlorn […]

July 2, 1982 – Jaco Pastorius plays with Randy Brecker (tp), Bob Mintzer (s), Peter Erskine (d), Don Alias (cong) and Othello Molineaux (steel d) at Montreal Jazz Festival, Canada

Joni Mitchell’s ‘Mingus’ is her tenth studio album recorded in collaboration with Charles Mingus and released on June 13, 1979 by Asylum. Track Listing : 1.Happy Birthday 1975 (Rap) (Joni Mitchell) – 0:57 . 2.God Must Be A Boogie Man (Joni Mitchell) – 04:35 . 3.Funeral (Rap) (Joni Mitchell) – 01:07 . 4.A Chair In […]

Drummer extraordinaire, Peter Erskine, who turns 64 today – Happy Birthday – has been for almost 50 years a “top session drummer”. Very much in demand, Peter has played on numerous albums and behind the greatest (you want to verify ? click on http://go.rvm.pm/PeterErskine). The ‘Three Concerts with Peter Erskine‘ are with Diana Krall, John […]

Melody Gardot’s ‘The Absence’ is her third studio album produced by Heitor Pereira and released on May 29, 2012 by Verve Records. Track Listing : 1.Mira (Melody Gardot) – 04:16 . 2.Amalia (Phil Roy, Melody Gardot, Heitor Pereira) – 03:03 . 3.So Long (Melody Gardot) – 03:50 . 4.So We Meet Again My Heartache (Melody […]

Diana Krall’s ‘The Girl in the Other Room’ is her seventh (and the first to feature songs co-written with her husband Elvis Costello) studio album released on April 27, 2004 by Verve.. Track Listing : 1.Stop This World (Mose Allison) – 03:59 . 2.The Girl In The Other Room (Diana Krall, Elvis Costello) – 04:05 […]

Joni Mitchell’s ‘Both Sides Now’ is a concept album released March 20, 2000 by Reprise. Track Listing : 1.You’Re My Thrill (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 03:52 . 2.At Last (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 04:28 . 3.Comes Love (Lew Brown, Sam H.Stept, Charles Tobias) – 04:29 . 4.You’Ve Changed (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – […]

Eliane Elias ‘Fantasia’ is her seventh studio album recorded in New-York City and released in March, 1992 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.The Girl From Ipanema (Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius De Moraes) – 06:30 . 2.Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 03:44 . 3.Milton Nascimento Medley: Ponta De Areia/Canção Do Sal (Salt Song) […]

Al Di Meola’s ‘Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody’ is an album recorded with World Sinfonia and released on March 15, 2011 by Concord. Track Listing : 1.Siberiana (Al Di Meola) – 08:30 . 2.Paramour’S Lullaby (Al Di Meola) – 07:47 . 3.Mawazine, Pt. 1 (Al Di Meola) – 02:09 . 4.Michelangelo’S 7Th Child (Al Di Meola) […]

March 1, 1973 – the Stan Kenton Orchestra featuring Richard Torres (ts), Bob Winniker (flug), John Park (as), John Worster (b) and Peter Erskine (d), just back from a European tour, performs at the North Penn High School in Lansdale, Pennsylvania

Weather Report’s ‘8:30’ is a double album recorded live (except for 2 tracks) in January–February 1979, produced by Joe Zawinul & Jaco Pastorius and released the same year by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Black Market (Joe Zawinul) – 09:47 . 2.Scarlet Woman (Alphonso Johnson, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul) – 08:42 . 3.Teen Town (Jaco Pastorius) […]