Steps Ahead 14 Cd's

Steps - Live Under The Sky '80 [Bootleg]

01. Young And Fine
02. I'm Sorry
03. Sara's Touch

Michael Brecker (Tenor Sax); Don Grolnick (Piano); Steve Gadd (Drums); Eddie Gomez (Bass); Mike Manieri (Vibes) & special guest Kazumi Watanabe (Guitar)

Recorded at Yubin Chokin Hall in Tokyo on December 6, 1980, broadcast on NHK-FM.


Steps - Smokin' In The Pit (1980)

Cd 1:
01. Tee Bag
02. Uncle Bob  
03. Fawlty Tenors
04. Lover Man
05. Fawlty Tenors  
06. Song to Seth
07. Momento  

Cd 2:
01. Young and Fine
02. Not Ethiopia
03. Soul Eyes
04. Recordame  
05. Not Ethiopia  
06. Sara's Touch

Michael Brecker (Tenor saxophone); Steve Gadd (Drums); Don Grolnick (Piano); Eddie Gomez (Bass); Mike Mainieri (Vibraphone).

Steps - Step by Step (1980)

01. Uncle Bob
02. Kyoto
03. Belle
04. Bullet Train
05. Six Persimmons

Mike Mainieri (Vibes); Michael Brecker (Tenor saxophone); Don Grolnick (Acoustic piano); Eddie Gomez (Acoustic bass); Steve Gadd (Drums).

Steps Ahead - Paradox (1981)

01. N L 4
02. The Aleph
03. Patch Of Blue
04. Four Chords
05. Take A Walk
06. Nichka

Michael Brecker (Sax); Mike Mainieri (Vibes); Don Grolnick (Keyboards); Eddie Gomez (Bass); Peter Erskine (Drums).

Steps Ahead - Steps Ahead (1983)

01. Pools
02. Islands
03. Loxodrome
04. Both Sides of the Coin
05. Skyward Bound
06. Northern Cross
07. Trio (An Improvisation)

Michael Brecker (Saxo tenor); Eliane Elias (Piano); Mike Mainieri (Vibráfono, marimba); Eddie Gomez (Contrabajo); Peter Erskine (Bateria).

Steps Ahead - Modern Times (1984)

01. Safari
02. Oops
03. Self Portrait
04. Modern Times
05. Radio Active
06. Now you know
07. Old Town

Michael Brecker (Saxo tenor y EWI); Mike Manieri (Vibráfono y sintetizadores); Chuck Loeb (Guitarras); Tom Kennedy (Bajo); Peter Erskine (Batería y percusión electrónica); Warren Bernhardt (Piano y sintetizadores).

Steps Ahead - Live In Tokyo (1986)

01. Beirut
02. Oops
03. Self Portrait
04. Sumo
05. Cajun
06. Safari
07. In A Sentimental Mood
08. Trains

Mike Manieri (Vibraphone and midi vibes); Michael Brecker (Tenor sax & EWI); Mike Stern (Guitar); Darryl Jones (Bass); Steve Smith (Drums).

Steps Ahead - Magnetic (1986)

01. Trains
02. Beirut
03. Cajun
04. In a Sentimental Mood
05. Magnetic Love
06. Sumo
07. All the Tea in China
08. Something I Said
09. Magnetic Love - (reprise)

Chuck Loeb (Guitar, Guitar Acoustic, Guitar Electric, Guitar Synth, Synthesizer); Hiram Bullock (Guitar); Kenny Kirkland (Synthesizer); Michael Brecker (EWI, Sax (Tenor)); Mike Mainieri (Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vibraphone); Jacelyn Brown, Janice Pendarvis (Vocals Background); Paul Jackson Jr. (Guitar); Peter Erskine (Drums, Electric); Victor Bailey (Bass); Warren Bernhardt (Piano, Synthesizer).

Steps Ahead - Live at Festival International Jazz Montreal (1989)

01. Absolutely Maybe (M.Mainieni)
02. N.Y.C. (M.Mainieni/B.Hofseth)
03. Trains (M.Mainieni))
 
Mike Mainieni (MIDI vibraharphone.); Bendik Hofseth (Tenor sax); Rachel Z (Keyboards); Jimmy Tunnel (Electric guitar); Victor Bailey (Electric bass); Steve Smith (Drums).

Steps Ahead - N.Y.C. (1989)

01. Well in That Case
02. Lust For Life
03. Senegal Calling
04. Red Neon Go Or Give
05. Charanga
06. Get It
07. N.Y.C.
08. Stick Jam
09. Absolutely Maybe
10. Festival
11. Paradiso

Mike Mainieri (Percussion, Piano, MIDI Vibraharp, Synclavier); Bruce Martin (Percussion, Keyboards); Ray Gomez (Guitar Electric); Tony Levin (Bass Electric); Steve Khan (Guitar Acoustic, Electric); Rique Pantoja (Piano); Steve Smith (Drums).

Steps Ahead - Yin-Yang (1992)

01. Sidewalk Maneuvers
02. Praise
03. Nite Owl
04. Taxi
05. Tamarin Lion
06. Gory Details
07. Agitate the Gravel
08. Okapi
09. Orion
10. Steppish
11. Sara's Touch

Mike Manieri (Vibraphone, synthesizer, percussion); Bendik (Saxophone); Rachel Z. (Piano, synthesizer); Jeff Andrews (Acoustic & electric basses); Steve Smith (Drums).

Additional personnel: Rick Margitza (Tenor saxophone); Spencer Cozens (Keyboards, synthesizer); Bruce Martin (Synthesizer, percussion, programming); George Whitty (Synthesizer); Wayne Krantz (Acoustic & electric guitars); Jimi Tunnell, Steve Khan, Chuck Loeb, Dean Brown (Electric guitar); Victor Bailey (Electric bass); Alan Thompson (Bass); Miles Bould (Percussion, programming).

 

Steps Ahead - Vibe (1995)

01. Buzz
02. From Light to Light
03. Penn Station
04. Vibe
05. Green Dolphin Street
06. Miles Away
07. Staircase
08. Rendezvous
09. Crunch
10. Waxing & Waning
11. Miles Away (The Gentle Giant) (Reprise)

Donny McCaslin (Doprano & tenor saxophones); Aaron Helck (Alto saxophone); Tim Hagans (Trumpet); Mike Mainieri (Vibraphone, piano); Rachel Z., Michael Cain (Piano, synthesizer); Adam Holtzman (Organ, Clavinet, synthesizer, programming); Victor Bailey, James Genus, Reggie Washington (Bass); Clarence Penn (Drums).

Steps Ahead - Holding Together (2002)

Cd 1:
01. Bowing to Bud (Elias)
02. Copland (Mainieri)
03. Autumn Rose (Erskine)
04. Pools (Grolnick) 10:03
05. All the Things You Are/Soul Eyes (Hammerstein/Kern)
06. Uncle Bob (Grolnick)

Cd 2:
01. Dee Minor (Mainieri)
02. The Time Is Now (Wlias)
03. In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington)
04. Friday Night at the Cadillac Clab (Berg)

Bob Berg (Saxophone); Eliane Elias (Piano); Mike Mainieri (Vibraphone); Marc Johnson (Double bass); Peter Erskine (Drums). 

Steps Ahead & WDR Big Band Cologne - Steppin' Out (2016)

01. Pools  
02. Steppish
03. Blue Montreux  
04. Self Portrait  
05. Oops    
06. Beirut  
07. Sara's Touch  
08. Trains

Johan Hörlén, Karolina Strassmayer (Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet); Jens Neufang (Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet); Tom Kennedy (Bass); Mattis Cederberg (Bass Trombone); Steve Smith (Drums); Chuck Loeb (Guitar); Olivier Peters, Paul Heller (Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet); Bill Evans (Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone); Andy Hunter, Ludwig Nuss, Shannon Barnett (Trombone); Andy Haderer, Rob Bruynen, Ruud Breuls, Wim Both (Trumpet); WDR Big Band Cologne Orchestra (Michael Abene Conductor).

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