Steps Ahead – Magnetic


Label: Elektra – 60441-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album , CD
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop, Fusion

1 Trains
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar [Guitar Synthesizer] – Chuck Loeb
Bass – Victor Bailey
Drums [Acoustic, Electric], Percussion – Peter Erskine
Engineer – Malcolm Pollack, Neil Dorfsman, Rick Kerr
Engineer [Assistant] – Jamie Chaleff, Ken Steiger, Rick Begin*
Guitar – Hiram Bullock
Mixed By – Malcolm Pollack
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming] – Robby Kilgore
Synthesizer – Kenny Kirkland
Tenor Saxophone [Steiner Ewi] – Michael Brecker
Vibraphone [Synthi-vibes], Keyboards – Mike Mainieri
Written-By – Mike Mainieri
7:31

2 Beirut
Bass – Victor Bailey
Drums [Acoustic, Electric], Percussion – Peter Erskine
Engineer [Assistant] – Scott Ansell
Engineer, Mixed By – James Farber
Guitar, Guitar [Guitar Synthesizer] – Chuck Loeb
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming] – Robby Kilgore
Saxophone [Steiner Ewi, Oberheim Xpander] – Michael Brecker
Vibraphone [Synthi-vibes], Keyboards – Mike Mainieri
Written-By – C. Loeb*, M. Brecker*, M. Mainieri*, P. Erskine*, V. Bailey*
8:15

3 Cajun
Banjo – Peter Schwimmer
Bass – Victor Bailey
Drums – Peter Erskine
Engineer [Assistant] – Scott Ansell
Engineer, Mixed By – James Farber
Guitar, Guitar [Guitar Synthesizer] – Chuck Loeb
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming] – Robby Kilgore
Tenor Saxophone [Steiner Ewi, Oberheim Xpander] – Michael Brecker
Vibraphone [Synthi-vibes] – Mike Mainieri
Written-By – Michael Brecker
6:16

4 In A Sentimental Mood
Engineer – Joe Barbaria
Engineer [Assistant] – Bridget Daly
Keyboards – Mike Mainieri
Mixed By – Michel Sauvage
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming] – Phil Ashley
Saxophone [Steiner Ewi, Oberheim Xpander] – Michael Brecker
Written-By – Duke Ellington
3:30

5 Magnetic Love
Backing Vocals – Diva Gray, Janis Pendarvis*, Jocelyn Brown
Drum Programming – Jimmy Bralower
Engineer – Jay Rifkin, Joe Barbaria, Malcolm Pollack
Engineer [Assistant] – Bridget Daly, Jamie Chaleff, Robin Lane (2)
Guitar – Paul Jackson*
Lead Vocals – Dianne Reeves
Mixed By – Michael Brauer*
Synthesizer – Mike Mainieri, Scott Martin (5)
Synthesizer [Synclavier Sampling] – Andy Topeka
Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Sequencing] – Phil Ashley
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Written-By – Mike Mainieri, Scott Martin (5)
5:33

6 Sumo
Bass – Victor Bailey
Drum Programming – Jimmy Bralower
Drums, Percussion – Peter Erskine
Engineer – Neil Dorfsman, Rick Kerr
Engineer [Assistant] – Kevin Killian, Rick Begin*, Tim Purvis
Guitar, Guitar [Guitar Synthesizer] – Chuck Loeb
Mixed By – Tom Lord-Alge
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming], Piano – Robby Kilgore
Tenor Saxophone [Steiner Ewi] – Michael Brecker
Vibraphone [Synthi-vibes] – Mike Mainieri
Written-By – Michael Brecker
5:50

7 All The Tea In China
Bass – Victor Bailey
Engineer – Andrew Heermans*
Engineer [Assistant] – Tim Purvis
Guitar – Chuck Loeb
Mixed By – Tom Lord-Alge
Programmed By [Oberheim Xpander Programming] – Robby Kilgore
Synthesizer – Mitchel Forman
Synthesizer, Percussion – Peter Erskine
Tenor Saxophone [Steiner Ewi, Oberheim Xpander] – Michael Brecker
Vibraphone – Mike Mainieri
Written-By – Peter Erskine
5:03

8 Something I Said
Bass – Victor Bailey
Drums, Synthesizer – Peter Erskine
Engineer – James Farber
Engineer [Assistant] – Ken Steiger, Scott Ansell
Guitar – Chuck Loeb
Mixed By – Malcolm Pollack
Piano [Acoustic], Synthesizer – Warren Bernhardt
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Vibraphone [Synthi-vibes] – Mike Mainieri
Written-By – Peter Erskine
4:23

9 Reprise (Magnetic Love)
Written-By – Mike Mainieri, Scott Martin (5)
1:15

Peter Erskine – Peter Erskine

Peter Erskine - Peter Erskine

Released :1982
Label: Contemporary

TRACKS:
1. Leroy Street 7:53
2. In Statu Nascendi 1:28
3. E.S.P. 2:57
4. Change Of Mind 7:27
5. All’s Well That Ends 11:07
6. My Ship 5:43
7. Coyote Blues 4:42

MUSICIANS:
Randy Brecker on trumpet & fluglehorn
Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone
Bob Mintzer on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Mike Mainieri on vibes
Don Grolnick on electric piano
Kenny Kirkland on piano
Eddie Gomez on bass
Don Alias on congas

Kazumi Watanabe – To Chi Ka

 

Label: Columbia
Released: 1980
Genre: Fusion

MUSICIANS:
Kazumi Watanabe : acoustic nad electric guitars, guitar synth
Warren Bernhardt : synthesizer, keyboards, oberheim
Michael Brecker : tenor sax
Peter Erskine : drums
Kenny Kirkland: piano, keyboards
Joe Caro: guitar
Sammy Figueroa: percussion
Tony Levin: bass, fretless bass
Mike Mainieri : vibraphone
Marcus Miller : bass
Ed Walsh : synthesizer, programming, oberheim
Steve Jordan: Percussione

 

TRACKS:

  1. Liquid Fingers 4:57
  2. Black Canal 6:46
  3. To Chi Ka 3:35
  4. Cokumo Island 8:52
  5. Unicorn 4:45
  6. Don’t Be Silly 5:42
  7. Sayonara 5:29
  8. Manhattan Flu Dance 6:03