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Steps Ahead (album)

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Released
  
1983

Length
  
46:38

Producer
  
Don Grolnick

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Elektra/Musician

Step by Step (1980)
  
Steps Ahead (1983)

Steps Ahead is the debut album by the American jazz group Steps Ahead, released on Elektra/Musician in 1983. The group had previously released three albums under the name Steps on Nippon Columbia (Smokin' in the Pit (1981), Step by Step (1981) and Paradox (1982)), with Don Grolnick on piano.

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "The music is essentially high-quality funky fusion, with Brecker typically blowing up a storm, Mainieri often playing the synthivibe, and Elias showing some early individuality".

Track listing

  1. "Pools" (Don Grolnick) – 11:17
  2. "Islands" (Mike Mainieri) – 6:26
  3. "Loxodrome" (Eddie Gómez) – 5:28
  4. "Both Sides of the Coin" (Brecker, Mainieri) – 6:14
  5. "Skyward Bound" (Mainieri) – 4:05
  6. "Northern Cross" (Peter Erskine) – 5:53
  7. "Trio (An Improvisation)" (Brecker, Gomez, Mainieri) – 7:32

Personnel

  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone, synthesizer vibes, marimba, synthesizer, percussion
  • Eliane Elias – piano
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Peter Erskine – drums

    • References

    Steps Ahead (album) Wikipedia
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