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Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer and composer. Erskine has recorded and toured with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan, Weather Report, Steps Ahead and Kate Bush. Erskine also produces teaching materials, such as books, videos, and online content.
He lives in Los Angeles.
Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drums at the age of four. He graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, then studied percussion at Indiana University.
His professional career started in 1972 when he joined the Stan Kenton Orchestra. After three years with Kenton he joined Maynard Ferguson for two years. In 1978 he joined Weather Report, joining Jaco Pastorius in the rhythm section. After four years and five albums with Weather Report and the Jaco Pastorius big band Word of Mouth, he joined Steps Ahead. His big band recordings with the Bob Mintzer Big Band are modern big band jazz/funk performances studied by many students of drums and drumming.
Peter Erskine TAMA STAR Drum solo #1
Peter Erskine: A FINE SWING TUNE - Master at work
Peter Erskine - Playing Brushes With All Styles Of Music (FULL DRUM LESSON)
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drums lessons Peter Erskine Time Keeping 2
Conversations with Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine, Rita Marcotulli, Palle Danielsson - For Jupiter - Live @ Blue Note Milano
Peter Erskine Clinic At Donn Bennett Drum Studio | Highlights
Peter Erskine plays Mintzer Big Band Essentials app "Ellis Island"
Peter Erskine -featuring TAMA THE CLASSIC STAND (HC52F)-
Actors: Rocky Costanzo (editor), Rocky Costanzo (director), Darian Weiss (actor), Paul Vito Abato (actor), Brett Chukerman (actor), Richard Meese (actor), Héctor Méndez (miscellaneous crew), Corey Foxx (actor), Roy Thomasson (producer), Roy Thomasson (producer), Steve De Forest (actor), Bill Crowley (actor), Jeff Harman (actor), Teresa De Tomas (actress), Jeremy Sullivan (actor),
Plot: Glen Erskine: A family man and the director and chief of staff of New Horizons, a group home and counseling center for abused boys. Glen is a child psychologist with impeccable credentials who has an international reputation as one of the foremost scholars in the study of male adolescent sexuality. Tommy Jackson: A victim of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse since he was an infant, Tommy is taken into custody by the Department of Social Services and placed at New Horizons after his mother is arrested by the FBI for making pornographic videos of him and selling them on the Internet. At New Horizons, Tommy's young life finally seems to be coming together. But when the nature of the love he shares with one of his counselors is discovered and their relationship is destroyed, Tommy strikes back by accusing the man he believes responsible - Glen Erskine. With that accusation, the stage is set for a dark, disturbing, and yet poignant tale of love, commitment, betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption^×and a riveting look at the processes and agendas involved in the prosecution of a child sex abuse case.
Keywords: child-abuse, coming-of-age, courtroom, false-accusation, independent-film, man-boy-relationship, title-based-on-song, title-spoken-by-character