Mike Mainieri (born July 4, 1938) is an American vibraphonist from the Bronx, N.Y.C., who entered professional music as a teenager with Buddy Rich. He led the Mike Mainieri Quartet on Blues on the Other Side and Insight, then directed the large jazz-rock ensemble White Elephant amid extensive New York session and production work. Mainieri formed […]
Steps Ahead were an American post-bop/modern-jazz supergroup that released three albums as Steps on Japanese Nippon-subsidiary Better Days between 1980 and 1982. Under the full nameplate, the band released three albums on Elektra Musician between 1983 and 1986. Members: Mike Mainieri (vibraphone), Michael Brecker (saxophone), Don Grolnick (piano), Eddie Gomez (bass), Steve Gadd (drums), Peter […]
Smokin’ in the Pit is a live double-album by American post-bop/jazz-rock supergroup Steps, recorded at Tokyo’s Pit Inn with guitarist Kazumi Watanabe and released in 1981 on Nippon Columbia. Tracklist: A1. “Tee Bag” (13:49) A2. “Lover Man” (8:31) B1. “Fawlty Tenors” (10:05) B2. “Song to Seth” (13:00) C1. “Young and Fine” (16:00) C2. “Soul Eyes” […]
52nd Street is the sixth album by Billy Joel, released in 1978 on Columbia. Tracklist: A1. “Big Shot” (4:01) A2. “Honesty” (3:50) A3. “My Life” (4:43) A4. “Zanzibar” (5:10) B1. “Stiletto” (4:39) B2. “Rosalinda’s Eyes” (4:40) B3. “Half a Mile Away” (4:06) B4. “Until the Night” (6:35) B5. “52nd Street” (2:27) Credits: Billy Joel – […]
