Jazz Articles about Peter Erskine

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Weather Report: Forecast: Tomorrow

by John Kelman
October 11, 2006

While the virtuosity of its members was never in dispute, of all the groups that emerged in the 1970s fusion era, Weather Report was the one that best avoided the trappings of excess--the victory of technical facility over musical substance to which other bands of the time fell prey. However, despite an auspicious beginning that leaned closer to a free jazz aesthetic than groups like Mahavishnu Orchestra or Return to Forever, notwithstanding an emphasis on electric sounds and advanced production ...

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Peter Erskine w. Alan Pasqua & David Carpenter: Live at Rocco

by David Adler
April 1, 2000

For nearly ten years Peter Erskine has been putting out exquisite piano trio music on the ECM label, in the company of pianist John Taylor and bassist Palle Daniellson. Live at Rocco is the double-disc debut of a new, equally exciting trio completed by pianist Alan Pasqua and bassist David Carpenter — both of whom, incidentally, have done stellar work with Allan Holdsworth. Erksine, Pasqua, and Carpenter have all had the fusion bug at one time or another, but the ...

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Peter Erskine: Juni

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

Peter Erskine has been a drummer of choice for notable jazz musicians such as John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson, Gary Burton the late Stan Kenton and others. Stints with Weather Report and now the commercially viable “Yellowjackets have skyrocketed Erskine’s career into the stratosphere. Over the years, Erskine has released a string of worthy solo recordings for various labels yet his adventurous and prolific Piano Trio represent simple unrestrained elegance and class.

Juni is the group’s 4th release on ECM records ...