Steps Ahead

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Not Ethiopia (alternate take) 00:00 Tools
Sara's Touch 09:47 Tools
Trains 00:00 Tools
Safari 07:02 Tools
Oops 06:24 Tools
Self Portrait 00:00 Tools
In A Sentimental Mood 00:00 Tools
Pools 11:15 Tools
Skyward Bound 00:00 Tools
Radio-Active 08:32 Tools
Modern Times 06:20 Tools
Now You Know 06:29 Tools
Old Town 00:00 Tools
Beirut 00:00 Tools
Islands 00:00 Tools
Angels We Have Heard On High 00:00 Tools
Both Sides of the Coin 06:10 Tools
Cajun 00:00 Tools
Loxodrome 00:00 Tools
Sumo 00:00 Tools
Northern Cross 00:00 Tools
Magnetic Love 00:00 Tools
Something I Said 00:00 Tools
All the Tea in China 00:00 Tools
Trio (An Improvisation) 00:00 Tools
Well In That Case... 00:00 Tools
Buzz 00:00 Tools
Vibe 00:00 Tools
Lust for Life 00:00 Tools
Sidewalk Maneuvers 00:00 Tools
N.Y.C. 00:00 Tools
Senegal Calling 00:00 Tools
From Light to Light 00:00 Tools
Charanga 00:00 Tools
Red Neon, Go or Give 00:00 Tools
Nite Owl 00:00 Tools
Stick Jam 00:00 Tools
Absolutely Maybe 00:00 Tools
"Get It" 00:00 Tools
Festival 05:11 Tools
Tamarin Lion 00:00 Tools
Praise 00:00 Tools
Penn Station 00:00 Tools
Paradiso 00:00 Tools
Green Dolphin Street 00:00 Tools
Tee Bag 00:00 Tools
Taxi 00:00 Tools
Steppish 00:00 Tools
Staircase 00:00 Tools
Agitate the Gravel 00:00 Tools
Orion 04:41 Tools
Gory Details 00:00 Tools
Okapi 00:00 Tools
Uncle Bob 00:00 Tools
Miles Away 00:00 Tools
Rendezvous 06:59 Tools
Fawlty Tenors 00:00 Tools
Lover Man 00:00 Tools
Crunch 00:00 Tools
Reprise (Magnetic Love) 00:00 Tools
Not Ethiopia 00:00 Tools
Magnetic Love [Reprise] 00:00 Tools
Waxing & Waning 00:00 Tools
Young and Fine 00:00 Tools
Song to Seth 00:00 Tools
Bowing To Bud 00:00 Tools
Soul Eyes 00:00 Tools
Beirut - live 00:00 Tools
Get It (The Rap Remix) 00:00 Tools
Autumn Rose 00:00 Tools
Copland 00:00 Tools
All The Things You Are/Soul Eyes 00:00 Tools
In a Sentimental Mood - live 00:00 Tools
Dee Minor 00:00 Tools
Friday Night At The Cadillac Club 00:00 Tools
Miles Away - Reprise 00:00 Tools
The Time Is Now 00:00 Tools
Self Portrait - live 06:04 Tools
Trains - live 00:00 Tools
Momento 00:00 Tools
Uncle Bob - bonus track 00:00 Tools
Oops - live 00:00 Tools
Fawlty Tenors (alternate take) 00:00 Tools
Bullet Train 00:00 Tools
Blue Montreux 00:00 Tools
Miles Away - Reprise (The Gentle Giant) 00:00 Tools
Belle 00:00 Tools
Kyoto 00:00 Tools
Nichka 00:00 Tools
Sumo - live 00:00 Tools
Recordame 00:00 Tools
Radio Active 00:00 Tools
The Aleph 00:00 Tools
Four Chords 00:00 Tools
Recordame - bonus track 00:00 Tools
Fawlty Tenors - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Cajun - live 00:00 Tools
Take a Walk 00:00 Tools
Safari - live 00:00 Tools
Six Persimmons 00:00 Tools
Patch of Blue 00:00 Tools
Momento - bonus track 00:00 Tools
Islands - Live 00:00 Tools
Not Ethiopia - alternate take 00:00 Tools
Pools - Live 00:00 Tools
NL4 00:00 Tools
Skyward Bound - Live 00:00 Tools
Sarah's Touch - Live 09:50 Tools
N L 4 00:00 Tools
Nothern Cross - Live 00:00 Tools
Uncle Bob (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Magnetic Love (reprise) 00:00 Tools
Loxodrome - Live 00:00 Tools
The Aleph (alternate take) 00:00 Tools
Momento (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Oops (Live) 00:00 Tools
All The Things You Are Soul E 00:00 Tools
Soul Eyes (Live) 00:00 Tools
Holding Together 103 Autumn Rose 00:00 Tools
Recordame (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Beirut (live) 00:00 Tools
In A Sentimental Mood (live) 00:00 Tools
Duo - Live 00:00 Tools
Steps Ahead - Trains 00:00 Tools
Cajun (live) 00:00 Tools
Sumo (Live) 00:00 Tools
Trio 07:32 Tools
Self Portrait (live) 06:04 Tools
Safari (live) 00:00 Tools
Both Sides Of The Coin - Live 00:00 Tools
Radio Active (L-Vis 1990 Club Edit) 00:00 Tools
Self Portrait (Tokyo live '86) 00:00 Tools
Trains (live) 00:00 Tools
'Get It' 00:00 Tools
01 - Safari 00:00 Tools
Radio-Active (Edit) 00:00 Tools
Trains (Tokyo live '86) 00:00 Tools
De-Phazz 00:00 Tools
Pools (Live) 00:00 Tools
Taxi (feat. Bendik, Jeff Andrews, Mike Mainieri, Rachel Z, Steve Smith & Jimi Tunnell) 00:00 Tools
02.Oops 00:00 Tools
02 - Oops 00:00 Tools
Miles Away [Reprise: The Gentle Giant] 00:00 Tools
Safari (Tokyo live '86) 00:00 Tools
Drop it 00:00 Tools
From Light To Light (feat. Clarence Penn, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, James Genus, Adam Holzman, Tim Hagans & Rachel Z) 00:00 Tools
N Y C 00:00 Tools
Sumo (Tokyo live '86) 00:00 Tools
Islands (live) 00:00 Tools
03.Self Portrait 00:00 Tools
04.Sumo 00:00 Tools
Miles Away (reprise) 00:00 Tools
Sidewalk Maneuvers (feat. Bendik, Jeff Andrews, Mike Mainieri, Rachel Z, Steve Smith, Jimi Tunnell, Steve Kahn, Rick Margitza, George Witty & Bruce Martin) 00:00 Tools
Steps Ahead 00:00 Tools
Skyward Bound (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sarah's Touch (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sarah's Touch 00:00 Tools
Miles Away (The Gentle Giant) (reprise) 00:00 Tools
Duo 00:00 Tools
05.Cajun 00:00 Tools
Recordame(New addtion) 00:00 Tools
Oops (Tokyo live '86) 00:00 Tools
In a Sentimental Mood (live '86) 00:00 Tools
Nothern Cross 00:00 Tools
Loxodrome (Live) 00:00 Tools
Crunch (feat. Clarence Penn, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Michael Cain & Reggie Washington) 00:00 Tools
Nothern Cross (Live) 00:00 Tools
Well, In That Case 00:00 Tools
Recorda Me 00:00 Tools
04 - Vibe 00:00 Tools
07 - Old town 00:00 Tools
Stick 00:00 Tools
03 - Cajun 00:00 Tools
Duo (Live) 00:00 Tools
Vibe (feat. Clarence Penn, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Victor Bailey, Adam Holzman & Micahael Cain) 00:00 Tools
Buzz (feat. Clarence Penn, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Victor Bailey, Tim Hagans, Aaron Heick & Michael Cain) 00:00 Tools
Steps Ahead - Get It (The Rap Remix) 00:00 Tools
06 - Sumo 00:00 Tools
07 - All The Tea In China 00:00 Tools
Trip (An Improvisation) 00:00 Tools
01 - Buzz 00:00 Tools
NYC 00:00 Tools
Momento (New Addtion) 00:00 Tools
Oops (Nsjf July '84) 00:00 Tools
2.Lover Man 00:00 Tools
01 - Trains 00:00 Tools
09 - Reprise (Magnetic Love) 00:00 Tools
01 - Pools 00:00 Tools
Reprise 00:00 Tools
Both Sides Of The Coin (Live) 00:00 Tools
02 - Islands 00:00 Tools
All in a Row 00:00 Tools
1.Tee Bag 00:00 Tools
02 - Beirut 00:00 Tools
Recordame (New Addition) 00:00 Tools
Wishing Well 00:00 Tools
Bowing To Bud (live) 00:00 Tools
Miles Away - Reprise (The Gent 00:00 Tools
Sara's Touch (feat. Bendik, Jeff Andrews, Mike Mainieri, Rachel Z & Steve Smith) 00:00 Tools
Pools (feat. Michael Brecker) 00:00 Tools
Green Dolphin Street (feat. Clarence Penn, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Rachel Z & James Genus) 00:00 Tools
Recorda Me [New Addition][*] 00:00 Tools
Get It [The Rap Remix] 00:00 Tools
Send Me a Postcard 00:00 Tools
Fawlty Tenors - (alternate take) 00:00 Tools
All The Things You Are-Soul Ey 00:00 Tools
Momento (New Addition) 00:00 Tools
3.Fawlty Tenors 00:00 Tools
Intermezzo 00:00 Tools
09 - Crunch 00:00 Tools
Hardcore 00:00 Tools
In a Sentimental Mood (live) (feat. Mike Mainieri, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Steve Smith & Daryl Jones) 04:35 Tools
3.Not Ethiopia 00:00 Tools
Sumo (live) (feat. Mike Mainieri, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Steve Smith & Daryl Jones) 00:00 Tools
Self Portrait (live) (feat. Mike Mainieri, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Steve Smith & Daryl Jones) 00:00 Tools
Tamarin Lion (feat. Bendik, Jeff Andrews, Mike Mainieri, Rachel Z, Steve Smith & Wayne Krantz) 00:00 Tools
02 Wishing Well 00:00 Tools
Okapi (feat. Bendik, Jeff Andrews, Mike Mainieri, Rachel Z, Steve Smith, Steve Kahn & Wayne Krantz) 00:00 Tools
Well in That Case 00:00 Tools
Fawlty Tenors (Live) 00:00 Tools
Miles Away [Reprise:the Gentle Giant] 00:00 Tools
Tee Bag (Live) 00:00 Tools
Radio-Active (Edit) by Steps Ahead 00:00 Tools
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Steps Ahead was formed by vibraphonist Mike Mainieri as a vehicle to bring together some New York virtuosi in a fusion group. The line-up on Step By Step (December 1980) included tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, pianist Don Grolnick, bassist Eddie Gomez, and drummer Steve Gadd. The supergroup continued to supply technical mastery but little emotion on Paradox (1982), with Peter Erskine replacing Gadd, and Steps Ahead (1983), with Eliane Elias replacing Grolnick (who nonetheless contributed the best track, Pools), before going electronic with Modern Times (Elektra, 1984), thanks to new keyboardist Warren Bernhardt. According to the website NYC Records, which include's Mainieri's biographical sketch and touring schedule with Steps Ahead, the 2007 instantiation of Steps Ahead includes: Mainieri (vibes), Bill Evans (sax; not to be confused with the late jazz pianist also named Bill Evans), Bryan Baker (guitar), Anthony Jackson (bass), and Steve Smith (drums), a former member of the rock group Journey. On some stops of the tour, Etienne Mbappe is listed as filling in for Jackson. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.