1979 Steps – Smokin’ In The Pit

Don Grolnick, Michael Brecker, Mike Manieri, Steps Ahead, Steve Gadd

Smokin‘ in the Pit is a critically acclaimed double live album by the jazz fusion supergroup Steps (later known as Steps Ahead). Recorded over three nights in December 1979 at the “Six Pit Inn” in Tokyo, Japan, the album captures the band’s high-energy acoustic-fusion style.

Tracks

Disc 1

1 Tee Bag (Mike Mainieri) 13:49
2 Lover Man (Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez) 8:31
3 Fawlty Ténors (Don Grolnick) 10:05
4 Song To Seth (Mike Mainieri) 13:00

Disc 2

1 Young And Fine (Joe Zawinul) 16:00
2 Soul Eyes (Mal Waldron) 12:14
3 Not Ethiopia (Michael Brecker) 11:00
4 Sara’s Touch (Mike Mainieri) 14:00

Biography

Steps Ahead

Musicians

Bass	Eddie Gomez
Drums	Steve Gadd
Piano	Don Grolnick
Sax	Michael Brecker
Vibraphone	Mike Mainieri

Guest Musician

3 Not Ethiopia

Guitar

Kazumi Watanabe

Liner Notes

Producer – Mike Mainieri
Recorded By – Neil Dorfsman
Recorded By (Assistant) – Akira Fukada, Akira Sasaki, Teppei Kasai, Toshiro Itoh
Mixed By – Neil Dorfsman

Photography – Eilho Asada

Mixed At CBS Sony Roppongi Studios
Mastered At Gerard Sound Lab, NYC
Recorded Live At the Pit-Inn Tokyo
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