Peter Erskine – Second Opinion (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:16 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The follow-up release to Peter Erskine’s Grammy-nominated “Dr. Um” album, reuniting the production team of Erskine with Grammy-nominated keyboardist and arranger John Beasley. “Second Opinion” is just that: a new look at songs and genres that are ripe and begging for expert musical attention.
From funky originals to Henry Mancini covers, the Dr. Um Band delivers. Featuring Peter Erskine, John Beasley, Bob Sheppard and Benjamin Shepherd. Recorded at Sweetwater Studios, engineered by Mark Hornsby and mixed by Talley Sherwood. Peter feels that this is his “best album yet!” The drum sound will blow you away.
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Alan Pasqua, Peter Erskine & Darek Oles – Live in Italy (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:09:02 minutes | 698 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Recorded “live” in concert at the culmination of the trio’s first tour since the lockdown began, this set reflects the exhilaration found in playing before a hungry audience in a beautiful concert hall. Featuring eight originals and 2 standards, this audiophile-quality album is destined to become a go-to in your music library. Good pasta, great acoustics, a wonderful piano with equally-great drums and bass to play on. “Live In Italy,” the Erskine Trio at it’s best.
Read moreIiro Rantala, Lars Danielsson, Peter Erskine – Lost Heroes (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:21 minutes | 412 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Until now his name has been mainly associated with Trio Töykeät, one of the wildest, funniest and most visionary piano trios in the international jazz scene. Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala explored all possibilities of this classic line up – sometimes the ferocious player with boundless energy, other times the sensitive romantic or burlesque joker. His playing exceeded stylistic boundaries and was as uncompromising as it was entertaining, yet was always held together by the combination of limitless technique, a sense of humour and unmistakable good taste – qualities which Rantala preserved even after he dissolved Trio Töykeät in 2006. “My goodness! We’ve been doing this for 18 years now and given thousands of concerts. It’s time for a break,” he said at the time, choosing to concentrate on “Iiro at large” – his own show on Finnish television which can still be seen today – and his solo career.
Read moreIiro Rantala with Lars Danielsson & Peter Erskine – How Long Is Now? (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:44 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Jazz
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This new trio album with Peter Erskine (drums) and Lars Danielsson (bass) constitutes a many-faceted summing-up of a happy and resoundingly creative phase of Rantala’s life.
“Avoid the basic concept of the jazz piano trio and make it more groovy, with simple melodies” Iiro Rantala
After the album “My Working Class Hero,” dedicated to John Lennon and “Tears for Esbjörn,” a homage to the influential Swedish pianist, “How Long Is Now?” puts the spotlight fairly and squarely back on to the Finnish pianist, composer and life-force Iiro Rantala. This new trio album with Peter Erskine (drums) and Lars Danielsson (bass) constitutes a many-faceted summing-up of a happy and resoundingly creative phase of Rantala’s life.
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