Drummer, husband, father, grandfather, photographer, author and retired professor. Otherwise known as Maya Erskine’s dad.https://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lhknju4uys2bClassic film music brought to improvisational life.07 Feb 2025 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhknju4uys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lhjs72ntjk2uThat moment you realize some of the harmony from Woody Shaw's "Zoltan" (Larry Young's "Unity" album with Elvin Jones and Joe Henderson) is contained in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "March of the Merry Men" from the 1938 "Adventures of Robin Hood" film score ... https://youtu.be/mEvTOPDWJms?si=7lQibtBA4yNKqR2_06 Feb 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjs72ntjk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lgvy6gotos2wJaco was so proud that Ray Brown was playing his bass. I snapped this photo backstage/downstairs at the Hollywood Bowl in 1981 during the 3rd annual Playboy Jazz Festival there. Weather Report hit the stage shortly after this picture was taken, as I recall.29 Jan 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvy6gotos2whttps://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lgvicu2jok2wJapan, 1978. Joe Zawinul seen here with the woman who would eventually become Mrs. Erskine, interpreter “Mutsy” Mano, at FM Tokyo listening back to a recording of a Weather Report concert.29 Jan 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvicu2jok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lgtqv4jvn226Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter & Jaco Pastorius, Frankfurt, September 1978 (the morning of or morning after the Offenbach concert immortalized & videotaped by the WDR).29 Jan 2025 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtqv4jvn226https://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lgtqmpknyk26Joe Zawinul, Japan 1978, during my very first tour w Weather Report.29 Jan 2025 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtqmpknyk26https://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lgtqkfo2ys26Joni Mitchell and Herbie Hancock during the recording of Joni’s “Mingus” album at A&M Studios in Hollywood, 1978.29 Jan 2025 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtqkfo2ys26https://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lgtqiiex5c26Jaco Pastorius on the beach during the 1979 “Havana Jam” trip.29 Jan 2025 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtqiiex5c26https://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lgtqftmzvc26Many of us migrated to here from X. At the risk of redundancy, I’m going to post some photos I’ve taken over the years of jazz colleagues, heroes & friends. No better way to start than with this picture of Wayne Shorter, snapped on tour w Weather Report.29 Jan 2025 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtqftmzvc26https://bsky.app/profile/petererskine.bsky.social/post/3lgtpu2qpsk26Greetings, Bluesky-ers. This is my first post here. Looking forward to positive exchanges, the sharing of joy with an absence of mendacity & toxicity. Let’s start things off with a photo from the annual Pro Drum Shop holiday party last month w 2 of my favorite drummers, Alex Acuña & Jeff Hamilton!29 Jan 2025 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:efbo7s6utsudvuvcv2tr5rdx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtpu2qpsk26