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Steps Ahead (Musical group)

LC control no.n 85093910
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Corporate name headingSteps Ahead (Musical group)
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See alsoPredecessor: Steps (Jazz group)
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Beginning date1983
Field of activityJazz
Found inJane Fonda prime time workout [SR] p1984: container (Steps Ahead)
Grove Music Online, viewed Nov. 22, 2016 (Steps Ahead: Group formed under the name Steps in 1979 by the vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. It grew from informal associations among studio musicians in New York who had toured together and played in jam sessions; the other original members were the tenor saxophonist Mike Brecker, the keyboard player Don Grolnick, the double bass player Eddie Gomez, and the drummer Peter Erskine. The group toured Japan, where it recorded three albums. In 1983 Grolnick was replaced by the pianist Eliane Elias, who performed with the band, now known as Steps Ahead, on its album of the same name)