Steps Ahead (album)

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Steps Ahead
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Studio album by
Released1983
Genre Jazz
Length46:38
Label Elektra/Musician
Producer Don Grolnick
Steps Ahead chronology
Step by Step
(1980)
Steps Ahead
(1983)
Modern Times
(1984)
Professional ratings
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Steps Ahead is the second album by the American jazz group Steps Ahead, released on Elektra/Musician in 1983. [2] [3] 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 and Steve Gadd on drums on "Smokin' in the Pit" and "Step by Step".

Contents

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". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Pools" (Don Grolnick) – 11:16
  2. "Islands" (Mike Mainieri) – 6:25
  3. "Loxodrome" (Eddie Gómez) – 5:26
  4. "Both Sides of the Coin" (Brecker, Mainieri) – 6:10
  5. "Skyward Bound" (Mainieri) – 4:04
  6. "Northern Cross" (Peter Erskine) – 5:49
  7. "Trio (An Improvisation)" (Brecker, Gómez, Mainieri) – 7:32

Personnel

Steps Ahead

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References

  1. Yanow, Scott (2011). "Steps Ahead – Steps Ahead | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. Jazzlists: Elektra Musician LP discography, accessed March 20, 2018
  3. Both Sides Now: Elektra/Asylum Album Discography, Part 8: Consolidated 60000 Series (1982- ), accessed March 20, 2018
  4. Yanow, S.Allmusic Review: Steps Ahead accessed 07 June 2010