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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

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Shifty Paradigms

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Dash Cam; Bye Bye Blues; Comin’ Home; Blue Windows; Shifty Paradigms; 3rd and Four; Cathedrals; Roundabout

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Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 07:59

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Article: Album Review

Yelena Eckemoff: Desert

Read "Desert" reviewed by Tyran Grillo


After two expansive collections that gathered large ensembles and formidable names, Yelena Eckemoff chooses subtraction. Desert arrives as a deliberate narrowing of the horizon, a journey defined not by accumulation but by exposure. Joined by Paul McCandless on an assortment of reeds and winds, Arild Andersen on bass, and Peter Erskine on drums and percussion, Eckemoff ...

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News: Obituary

Ralph Towner, 1940-2026

Ralph Towner, 1940-2026

Ralph Towner, guitarist of unique sensibility, writer of highly original compositions, and an ECM artist for more than fifty years, has died, aged 85. Towner, who once described himself as an improvising “raconteur of the abstract” was born into a musical family in the small town of Chehalis, Washington. He started playing music at the age ...

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Article: Year in Review

Popular Jazz Songs: 2025

Read "Popular Jazz Songs: 2025" reviewed by Michael Ricci


All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2025. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! I'll Be Always With You From: Alma Libre By Arturo Sandoval Tutu From: ...

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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.).

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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.

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Fusion Jazz Funk Vol. 3

Label: Irma Molto Jazz
Released: 2025

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Article: Live Review

Billy Hart Quartet Birthday Bash

Read "Billy Hart Quartet Birthday Bash" reviewed 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. ...


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