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Steps Ahead - Steps Ahead [Elektra Musician 9 60168-1] (1983)

Dynamic Range Released: 1983
Country: US
Label: Elektra Musician
Catalog: 9 60168-1
Genre: Jazz

T R A C K L I S T:
01 Pools
02 Islands
03 Loxodrome
04 Both Sides Of The Coin
05 Skyward Bound
06 Northern Cross
07 Trio (An Improvisation)

Steps Ahead
Steps Ahead

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Album Review

Scott Yanow [allmusic.com]

The debut domestic recording by Steps Ahead (following three sets only released in Japan) features the 1982 version of the group: vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, pianist Eliane Elias (a young unknown at the time), bassist Eddie Gomez, and drummer Peter Erskine. 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. Best known among the seven originals are Don Grolnick's ''Pools'' and Mainieri's ''Islands.'' The inventive but pretty accessible set concludes with ''Trio,'' a fairly free improvisation featuring Brecker, Gomez, and Mainieri.