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Peter Erskine: The Art of Playing for the Music
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For over fifty years, Peter Erskine has sounded like no one but himself, whether he's driving a big band, anchoring Weather Report, or whispering through a jazz trio. This is the story of how he did it: a career-long devotion to one deceptively simple idea, playing for the music. We trace his journey from a New Jersey kid with a compass made of his father's cymbal, through the fusion gods, to a philosophy built on the producer's ear, the open spaces, and the power of quiet.
0:00 The art of playing for the music
0:45 New Jersey to Indiana: a compass of sorts
1:58 Kenton and Ferguson: trial by fire
2:40 Weather Report, Jaco, and the live tapes
5:15 Playing for the microphones, not the room
7:25 The power in the quiet
9:45 Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, and the ECM trio
11:20 A musician's teacher
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