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STEPS AHEAD

STEPS
STEP BY STEP
NIPPON/COLUMBIA 1980

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone

  • Michael Brecker: Tenor Saxophone

  • Don Grolnick: Piano

  • Eddie Gomez: Double Bass

  • Steve Gadd: Drums

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STEPS
SMOKIN’ IN THE PIT
NYC RECORDS 1980 (RELEASED 1996)

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone

  • Michael Brecker: Tenor Saxophone

  • Don Grolnick: Piano

  • Eddie Gomez: Double Bass

  • Steve Gadd: Drums

STEPS
PARADOX - LIVE AT 7TH AVENUE SOUTH
BETTER DAYS 1982

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone

  • Michael Brecker: Tenor Saxophone

  • Don Grolnick: Piano

  • Eddie Gomez: Double Bass

  • Peter Erskine: Drums

STEPS AHEAD
STEPS AHEAD
ELECKTRA MUSICIAN 1983

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone

  • Michael Brecker: Tenor Saxophone

  • Eliane Elias: Piano

  • Eddie Gomez: Double Bass

  • Peter Erskine: Drums

Produced by Steps Ahead

STEPS AHEAD
MODERN TIMES
ELECKTRA MUSICIAN 1984

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone, Marimba & Synthesizer

  • Michael Brecker: Saxophones & EWI

  • Warren Bernhardt: Piano & Keyboards

  • Eddie Gomez: Bass

  • Peter Erskine: Drums

STEPS AHEAD
MAGNETIC
ELECKTRA 1986

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone & Keyboards

  • Michael Brecker: Saxophones & EWI

  • Kenny Kirkland - Synthesizer

  • Warren Bernhardt: Piano & Keyboards

  • Mitchel Forman - Synthesizer

  • Victor Baily: Bass

  • Chuck Loeb - Guitar

  • Paul Jackson - Guitar

  • Peter Erskine: Drums

  • Dianne reeves - Vocals

STEPS AHEAD
LIVE IN TOKYO
NYC RECORDS 1986

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone & MIDI Vibes

  • Michael Brecker: Tenor Saxophone & EWI

  • Mike Stern - Guitar

  • Daryl Jones: Bass

  • Steve Smith: Drums

STEPS AHEAD
N.Y.C.
INTUITION 1989

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone & Keyboards

  • Bendik: Saxophones & Keyboards

  • Steve Khan - Guitar

  • Tony Levin: Bass

  • Steve Smith: Drums

STEPS AHEAD
YIN YANG
NYC RECORDS 1992

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone, Keyboards & Percussion

  • Bendik: Saxophone

  • Rick Margitza - Saxophone

  • Rachel Z - Keyboards

  • Steve Khan - Guitar

  • Wayne Krantz - Guitar

  • Jeff Andrews: Bass

  • Steve Smith: Drums

STEPS AHEAD
VIBE
NYC RECORDS 1995

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone, Keyboards

  • Donny McCaslin: Saxophone

  • Tim Hagans - Trumpet

  • Michael Cain - Piano & Synthesizers

  • Rachel Z - Piano & Keyboards

  • Adam Holzman - Organ, Clavinet

  • James Genus, Victor Bailey: Bass

  • Clarence Penn: Drums

Produced by Mike Mainieri & Adam Holzman

STEPS AHEAD
HOLDING IT TOGETHER - LIVE IN EUROPE
NYC RECORDS 1999 (RELEASED 2001)

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone

  • Bob Berg: Saxophone

  • Eliane Elias - Piano & Keyboards

  • Mark Johnson: Bass

  • Peter Erskine: Drums

Produced by Mike Mainieri

STEPS AHEAD & WDR BIG BAND
STEPPIN’ OUT
JAZZLINE 2016

  • Mike Mainieri: Vibraphone

  • Bill Evans: Saxophone

  • Chuck Loeb - Guitar

  • Tom Kennedy: Bass

  • Steve Smith: Drums

  • WDR Big Band Cologne

  • Arranged & Conducted: Michael Abene

Produced by Mike Mainieri