Peter Erskine

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) […]

Jaco Pastorius ‘Invitation’ is his third album recorded with his Word of Mouth big band and released in December 1983 by Warner Bros. Track Listing : 1.Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper) – 06:57 . 2.Amerika (Traditional) – 01:09 . 3.Soul Intro/The Chicken (Pee Wee Ellis, Jaco Pastorius) – 06:49 . 4.Continuum (Jaco Pastorius) – 04:28 . 5.Liberty […]

This day (December 6, 1947), in Prague, Czechoslovakia, is born Miroslav Vitousa Czech jazz bassist. Tracklist : My Romance (2019) . w/ Adam Pieronczyk (2018) . w/Jiří Stivín – Jazzinec (2016) . improvisation #1l (2015) . w/ Project Q – Jarasum Jazz Festival (2013) . w/ Chick Corea Trio – Rhythm A Ning . w/ […]

Mike Stern’s ‘Time in Place’ is his third studio album recorded during December 1987 with among others Peter Erskine, Don Alias and Michael Brecker and released in 1988 by Atlantic Records. Track Listing : 1.Gossip (Mike Stern) – 05:59 . 2.Time In Place (Mike Stern) – 06:49 . 3.Before You Go (Mike Stern) – 05:31 […]

Jaco Pastorius’ ‘The Birthday Concert’ is a live album recorded on December 1, 1981, at Mr. Pip’S In Ft. Lauderdale in Florida and released on September 26, 1995. by Warner Bros. Track Listing : 1.Soul Intro/The Chicken (Pee Wee Ellis, Jaco Pastorius) – 08:01 . 2.Continuum (Jaco Pastorius) – 02:34 . 3.Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper) – […]

Weather Report’s ‘Live and Unreleased’ is their third official live album recorded in November 1975, 1977 & 1978, Track Listing : 1.Freezing Fire (Wayne Shorter) – 08:14 . 2.Plaza Real (Wayne Shorter) – 07:04 . 3.Fast City (Josef Zawinul) – 06:49 . 4.Portrait Of Tracy (Jaco Pastoriusl) – 05:57 . 5.Elegant People (Wayne Shorter) – […]

Kate Bush’s ‘Aerial’ is her eighth studio album (and her first in 12 years) released on November 7, 2005 by Emi. Track Listing : 1.King Of The Mountain (Kate Bush) – 04:53 . 2.P (Kate Bush) – 06:09 . 3.Bertie (Kate Bush) – 04:18 . 4.Mrs. Bartolozzi (Kate Bush) – 05:58 . 5.How To Be […]

Michael Bublé’s ‘Crazy Love’ is his sixth studio album released on October 9, 2009 by 143 Records.. Track Listing : 1.Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) – 04:14 . 2.All Of Me (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 03:07 . 3.Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 03:08 . 4.Crazy Love (Van Morrison) – […]

September 28, 1978 – Weather Report – that is Joe Zawinul (kb), Wayne Shorter (ts, ss), Jaco Pastorius (eb), Peter Erskine (d) – performs in Offenbach, Germany

‘Naima’,’Giant Steps’, ‘Mr.PC’ etc. John Coltrane whose birthday is today, has left next to fifty compositions. Some of them have been extensively covered by famous and not so famous jazz artists. Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, Bobby Hutcherson, Marcus Miller, Wynton Marsalis, […]

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 […]