In Conversation With Peter Erskine

From who Peter considers to be his favorite drummer in Weather Report, to how we can all improve our experience as musicians from the simplest adjustments of intent, Peter goes deep into some of the most important stops along the way of his decades-long musical journey.
Steps Ahead, Weather Report, Stan Kenton, and Steely Dan all come up in our conversation as well as details on the importance of his relationship with bassist Marc Johnson and how he reveres studio legends like Jeff Porcaro and Jim Keltner.
We also close the interview with a fantastic Will Lee story that showcases Pete’s humility and sense of humor.
I’m proud to call Peter a friend, honored to have called him a colleague and collaborator for many years, and I’m excited to be able to share this Sunday morning chat with you.
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[@BurnsTennis]

Watched the whole interview (in two segments) really enjoyed it. Great you got to play with Peter. He's a great story teller. I am a little sad because I've watched many interviews of his but Peter is never asked about his time playing with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, George Cables, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson in the west coast. We never get to hear about that unfortunately. Maybe interviewers are not aware of that really interesting period in Peter's history as opposed to his Steps Ahead, Abercrombie etc etc period.

[@jazzhole8208]

"The drums where to explicit. . .. " is my favorite quote 😂

[@martinlawrence8427]

Fabulous interview. Peter is not only a brilliant musician and teacher, he is a great and generous human being.

[@nikolasmareske1200]

Thank you for this episode!!!Peter was or still is a huge inspiration and one of the greatest musicians out there.I can listen to him forever....talking or drumming...no matter!!!Cheers Niko

[@fusion-music]

Nice scoop. I first saw Peter with Weather Report in 1978. A lasting impression. Thanks Janek.

[@JAK0449]

great I love Peter Erskin, damien....Jaco introduced him to me..they were a perfect musical match

[@emb2302]

I could listen to Peter play forever but I could listen to talk that long too. He’s just such a gift not only to the drumming world, but the music world as a whole. I can’t remember a time in my life as a drummer, even when I was in elementary school, when I didn’t know who he was. My first drum teacher turned me onto him by giving me a copy of Modern Drummer with him on the cover. It opened a lot of doors for me and still does. Thank you Janek and Thank you Peter!!!!

[@admarhermans1]

Beautiful human and musician. 🙏

[@jwvcchess]

Yeah this is nice. Great musician. Nice stories. Thanks.

[@kmrumedy]

THAT was awesome! Thank you.

[@buddypearson]

the dog!👏👏

[@gadymarcus2362]

Bello/magnifico.💪💪💪💪💪💪👑

[@StevenClements]

👍Two of the very best 👍

[@Datababble]

Janek, your editing keeps getting better! Love the intro to this episode on KZbin. Feeling extremely polished and professional from where I'm sitting!

[@bjornbodin2985]

He is just fantastic 👌

[@michelnormandin8068]

Intéressante conversation.

[@mahdisharegh7220]

Amazing episode 👏

[@ChipTingle]

Thanks for sharing these in video form, another welcome element in your beautiful inquiry and storytelling!

[@jamesbeumer9240]

Priceless!!

[@HIGHPOSTERtown]

👌👌👌

[@stephanerancourt7188]

Big big BIIIIIIG fan of you here, Peter ! I'm curious to know why haven't you played that much (that I know of) with Pat Metheny ?

[@fred8097]

They both appear on Gary Burton's album Reunion, but I agree, it would have been interesting to hear more collaborations between them.

[@obidibidou6933]

Super cool guys ....why didn't you both have a glass of Wein???

[@noblenotes27]

I would think a drummer that has so meany drum licks in his head he would be fast talker. Very quick to rattle off thoughts. HA HA

[@pillbug1657]

In all honesty, Eskine, must be the boringest person on any interview known to man. Studiousness makes us better musicians :)