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Peter Erskine

I play and teach the drums, I own Fuzzy Music, I write books and make play-along apps.

About Me

Peter Erskine has played the drums for over sixty years. He appears on 700+ albums and film scores, has won 2 Grammy Awards plus an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee. Fifty+ albums have been released under his own name or as co-leader. He’s played with Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Weather Report, Steps Ahead, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Diana Krall, Brecker Brothers, Gary Burton, John Scofield, Jaco Pastorius, and has appeared as a soloist with the London, Los Angeles, Chicago, Frankfurt, Oslo, Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. He premiered Turnage’s “Erskine — Concerto for Drumset & Orchestra” with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, and has performed it in Los Angeles, Helsinki, Germany and the U.K. Peter graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and studied at Indiana University under George Gaber. He is the author of “No Beethoven,” an autobiography and chronicle of Weather Report. His latest book is titled “The Musician’s Lifeline,” co-authored with Dave Black. Peter is a Professor of Practice & the Director of Drumset Studies at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California.