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Peter Clark Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drums at the age of four. He graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, then studied percussion at Indiana University. Career His professional music career started in 1972 when he joined the Stan Kenton Orchestra. After four years with Kenton, he joined Maynard Ferguson for two years. In 1978, he joined Weather Report, joining Jaco Pastorius in the rhythm section. After four years and five albums with Weather Report and the Jaco Pastorius big band's Word of Mouth, he joined Steps Ahead. In 1983, he performed on the Antilles Records release Swingrass '83. He toured the US in 1992 with Chick Corea. Erskine splits his time as a musician and a professor at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. He was featured on Kate Bush's 2005 album Aerial, where Erskine teamed with bass player Eberhard Weber. Diana Krall, Eliane Elias, Queen Latifah and Linda Ronstadt, as well as Scottish and Finnish classical orchestras, have had Erskine perform as a featured musician. In 2011, he appeared on stage at the Royal Opera House, London in the new opera Anna Nicole. Honors and awards In 1992, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. Personal life Erskine is married to Mutsuko Erskine. The two have two children, actress and writer Maya Erskine, and film editor and producer Taichi Erskine. Discography As leader Source: As co-leader 1985: Current Events with John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson (ECM, 1986) 1988: John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine (ECM, 1989) – live 1991: StAR with Jan Garbarek, Miroslav Vitous (ECM, 1991) 1994: Traction Avant with Alessandro Galati, Palle Danielsson (Via Veneto, 1995) 1995?: From Kenton to Now with Richard Torres (Fuzzy Music, 1995) 1996: Jason Salad! with Alessandro Galati, John Patitucci, Bob Sheppard (Via Veneto, 1997) 1996: Turnage: Blood on the Floor with John Scofield, Martin Robertson, Peter Rundel (Decca, 1997) 1998: Live at the Baked Potato with Dirk K., Jörg Kleutgens (Kalle Fornia, 1998) – live 1998: The Hudson Project with John Abercrombie, Bob Mintzer, John Patitucci (Stretch, 2000) – live 2000: ELB with Nguyên Lê, Michel Benita (ACT, 2001) 2001: Badlands with Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter (Fuzzy Music, 2002) 2002?: Turnage: Fractured Lines with Evelyn Glennie, Christian Lindberg, Leonard Slatkin (Chandos, 2002) 2006: Worth the Wait with Tim Hagans (Fuzzy Music, 2008) – live 2008?: Dream Flight with ELB (ACT, 2008) 2009?: The Trio Live @ Charlie O's (Fuzzy Music, 2009) – live 2009: Scenes from a Dream with Chris Minh Doky, Larry Goldings (Red Dot Music, 2010) 2010?: The Interlochen Concert with Alan Pasqua, Darek Oles (Fuzzy Music, 2010) – live 2010?: Standards 2: Movie Music with Bob Mintzer, Darek Oleszkiewicz, Alan Pasqua (Fuzzy Music, 2011) – soundtrack 2014: Trio M/E/D with Palle Danielsson, Rita Marcotulli (Abeat, 2015) – live 2015: How Long Is Now? with Lars Danielsson, Iiro Rantala (ACT, 2016) 2019: 3 Nights in L.A. with George Garzone, Alan Pasqua and Darek Oles (Fuzzy Music, 2019)[3CD] – live 2021: Live In Italy with Alan Pasqua, Darek Oles (Fuzzy Music, 2022) – live Source: As a member Steps Ahead Steps Ahead (Elektra/Musician, 1983) Modern Times (Elektra/Musician, 1984) Magnetic (Elektra, 1986) Holding Together (NYC, 2002)[2CD] – live rec. 1999 As sideman Books Time Awareness The Erskine Method for Drumset My Book The Drum Perspective Drum Concepts and Techniques No Beethoven: An Autobiography and Chronicle of Weather Report DVD The Erskine Method for Drumset (Alfred Publishing Company) References External links Official website Podcast featuring "Joy Luck" by Peter Erskine Peter Erskine Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2011). Discover the Peter Erskine popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Peter Erskine books.