2026兩廳院夏日爵士 彼得．厄斯金爵士五重奏《空中漫步》

活動簡介

Peter Erskine 與 Mike Mainieri 以及 Dr. Um 樂團將於兩廳院於台灣演出，呈現融合爵士的音樂盛會。

活動內容

Peter Erskine 為全方位風格的大師，曾是 Weather Report 與 Steps Ahead 的核心成員，參與近 700 張專輯，獲得兩座格萊美獎、十次 Modern Drummer 讀者投票最佳鼓手等榮譽。此次在台灣的演出，他與 Mike Mainieri（Steps Ahead 的核心人物）以及其 Grammy 提名專輯《Dr. Um》背後的樂團共同演出，透過快速節奏邀請觀眾跟隨節拍。

Peter Erskine

Peter Erskine has played drums since the age of 4 and is known for his versatility and love of working in different musical contexts. He appears on 700 albums and film scores, has won 2 Grammy Awards and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Berklee School of Music.

Mike Mainieri

Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri’s equally remarkable talents as producer, performer, arranger, and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting edge in music.

Dr. Um Band

In recent years, Erskine feels, he’s strayed from his true love, fusion and R&B drumming. Dr. Um, which Erskine self-produced, marks his return to “the kind of drumming I was best-known for in my youth and during my years with Weather Report and Steps Ahead.” He elaborates: "I’d traveled my ‘anti-drumming’ path of recent years about as far as I could take it—exquisite music where ‘less’ was so much ‘more’—the minimalism of my ECM and Fuzzy Music trio recording years had become my calling card. So the chance to play this way again feels very fresh and new to me. It’s being able to live the ‘if I knew then what I know now’ dream and make some really cool music at the same time.

“I feel inspired, like a kid, only one who’s got something to say.”

Dr. Um—the title a very cool play on words—feels like a return, yet at the same time there’s nothing retro about it. Acclaimed in the jazz world for their virtuosic musicianship, the band carries the language of classic fusion jazz into the 21st century.

In 2016, Dr. Um received a Grammy nomination. The same lineup later released two follow-up albums, Second Opinion and On Call, both of which were warmly received by jazz audiences and critics alike.

講者/表演者

• Drums｜Peter Erskine
• Vibes｜Mike Mainieri
• Saxophone｜Bob Sheppard
• Piano｜Cédric Hanriot
• Bass｜Matthew Garrison