Jazz Articles about Peter Erskine

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E_L_B (Peter Erskine_Nguyen Le_Michel Benita): Dream Flight

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 26, 2008

Il trio E_L_B si ripresenta dopo l’ottimo esordio del 2000 (sempre per l’etichetta tedesca ACT) e aggiunge un altro colore alla sua tavolozza con l’ingresso, in qualità di ospite, del saxofonista francese Stephane Guillaume. Tutto continua a ruotare attorno alla batteria eccellente di Peter Erskine, sempre preciso e incalzante, carico di passione e di empatia. Il basso acustico di Michel Benita lo asseconda con eleganza e discrezione, con un timbro legnoso e rotondo che l’ottima registrazione sa rendere particolarmente gradevole. ...

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Peter Erskine Tim Hagans & The Norrbotten Big Band: Worth The Wait

by Michael P. Gladstone
May 3, 2008

The title of this album, Worth The Wait, is a specific reference for these two old pals, drummer Peter Erskine and trumpeter Tim Hagans, to join in one recording session with the Norrbotten Big Band. The origin of the title dates back to a 1974 musical meeting when Erskine was the drummer for the Stan Kenton Orchestra and Hagans was appearing for his first gig with the band in a Zanesville, Ohio roller rink. Hagans was seated directly behind the ...

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Peter Erskine: Worth The Wait & Standards

by Budd Kopman
April 4, 2008

Drummer Peter Erskine broke into the music business in 1972 with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and has not stopped for breath since. He recorded five albums in his first four years, starting in 1978 with Weather Report, and both led and played on a large number of albums for the ECM label. As one can see from his huge discography, Erskine is an in-demand drummer, and the two albums below are but his most recent from his own Fuzzy Music ...

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Peter Erskine / Tim Hagans / The Norrbotten Big Band: Worth the Wait

by Woodrow Wilkins
March 2, 2008

To say that Peter Erskine is the greatest drummer ever to play jazz would be a stretch. Max Roach, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich are among those who would have to be considered for that honor. However, over the past 30 years or so, Erskine certainly has established himself as part of an elite class that includes such names as Harvey Mason, Steve Gadd and Vinnie Colaiuta. Erskine's resume is extensive. Among those he has shared the stage ...

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Alan Pasqua / Dave Carpenter / Peter Erskine: Standards

by Edward Blanco
February 7, 2008

Representing the other half of a two-release project from drummer Peter Erskine's Fuzzy Music label that also includes Worth The Wait (2008), with trumpeter Tim Hagans and the Norrbotten Big Band, Standards is exactly what the title implies--a session of old standards with a couple of new acquaintances thrown in for good measure. In an attempt to come as close as possible to the sound produced in a concert experience, the recording was made in an acoustically live space and ...

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Peter Erskine / Tim Hagans / The Norrbotten Big Band: Worth the Wait

by Edward Blanco
February 6, 2008

Peter Erskine and Tim Hagans shared the stage in the early 1970s as members of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, which provided a nurturing atmosphere for two young musicians and a beginning to their musical careers. After decades in divergent paths, this recording reunites the drummer and the trumpeter in another big band setting that's, well, Worth The Wait. The duo front the sixteen-piece Swedish Norrbotten Big Band (NBB), which Hagans has directed since 1996, in a live recording for Sveriges ...

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Weather Report: Forecast: Tomorrow

by Ronald S. Russ
October 13, 2006

Weather Report Forecast: Tomorrow Columbia/Legacy 2006

If you followed jazz during the 1970s you were well aware of Weather Report. They consistently won the Down Beat readers' poll for jazz group of the year and helped forge a link between jazz, rock, and what would be later termed world music.

Formed in 1970 by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, keyboardist Joe Zawinul and bassist Miroslav Vitous, the band lasted for over 15 years with an ever-changing ...