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Peter Erskine
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Peter Erskine has played the drums since the age of four and is known for his versatility and love of working in different musical contexts. He appears on over 600 albums and film scores, and has won two Grammy Awards, plus an Honorary Doctorate from the Berklee School of Music (1992).
Fifty albums have been released under his own name or as co-leader. He has played with the Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson Big Bands, Weather Report, Steps Ahead, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Diana Krall, Kenny Wheeler, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Brecker Brothers, The Yellowjackets, Pat Metheny and Gary Burton, John Scofield, et al, and has appeared as a soloist with the London, Los Angeles, Chicago, Frankfurt Radio, Scottish Chamber, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony, Oslo and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras
Vienna to Hollywood: Impressions of E.W. Korngold & Max Steiner
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: March of the Merry Men; Sterbelied (from Lieder des Abschieds, Op. 14); Old Spanish Song; The Boys Go to Play;
Concerto Miniature (theme from Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.); Romance (Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.); Tara’s Theme;
Belle Watling; Johnny Belinda; String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 26 (Larghetto); A Summer Place; Ghost
Coda (theme from Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.).
Let's Fall in Love
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: I’ll Take Romance; All of You; A Time for Love; Taking a Chance on Love; How Long Has This
Been Going On; Let’s Fall in Love; The Very Thought of You; It’s All Right with Me; Crazy He
Calls Me; More Than You Know; I’ve Got a Crush on You; How Deep Is the Ocean.
Billy Hart Quartet Birthday Bash
by Chris DeRosa
Billy Hart Quartet Multidirectional Album Release & Hart's 85th Birthday Celebration Smoke Jazz & Supper Club November, 30, 2025 Hello, my name is Chris DeRosa, and this is what I heard... The show took place at the legendary New York City venue Smoke Jazz & Supper Club. ...
Joni Jazz, Part 2
by Chuck Lenatti
Part 1 | Part 2 As a young woman growing up in Canada, Joni Mitchell was fond of American popular music and bought records whenever she could afford them. She would sometimes swap painting jobs for jazz albums. Among her favorite jazz artists were Duke Ellington and Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. She ...
Peter Erskine and the DR UM Band feat Mike Mainieri Teatro Civico La Spezia
by Danilo Codazzi
John Taylor: Tramonto
by Neil Duggan
British pianist John Taylor (1942-2015) possessed a remarkable talent for eluding the global recognition his skills warranted. A former house pianist at London's Ronnie Scott's club, Taylor probably achieved his widest acclaim through Azimuth, the group he formed with vocalist Norma Winstone (his wife) and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. His trio recordings with drummer Peter Erskine and ...
Why Is Japan a Jazz Paradise? Part 2—From Sake to Soul: Jazz Musicians and Their Love for Japan
by Atzko Kohashi
Part 1 | Part 2 In May 2025 Japan welcomed an estimated 3.693 million visitors, marking a surge in global fascination with the country--up 125% (more than double!) compared to a decade ago. Many come for the exquisite Japanese cuisine, the tranquil atmosphere of temples and shrines, the ultra-modern buzz of Tokyo, or the ...
Kurt Elling and Peter Erskine at the Michigan Theater
by C. Andrew Hovan
Kurt Elling Celebrates Weather Report featuring Peter Erskine Michigan Theater 49th Performance of the 146th UMS Season Ann Arbor, Michigan April 11, 2025 With two Grammy Awards to his name and a long list of press accolades--including holding the top spot in the DownBeat Critics and Readers Polls for over ...
