Steps Ahead Young and Fine

from the album: Smokin in the pit 1979 Recorded live at The PittInn, Tokyo, Japan on December 15 16, 1979. Includes liner notes by Mike Mainieri. Digitally remastered by Todd Gerard (Gerard Sound Lab, New York, New York). On this stunning twodisc set, the original lineup of Mike Mainieri s legendary fusion band Steps Aheadthen known as just Stepsperforms to an enthusiastic crowd at the PittInn in Tokyo in December, 1979. Fresh from an extended run at the Brecker Brother s Seventh Avenue South club in New York, Mainieri, Michael Brecker, Eddie Gomez, Don Grolnick, and Steve Gadd tear up the stage with powerful grooves, blistering solos, and magnificent interaction. One listen to the dazzling power that this group conjured in performance and there is no doubt that it constituted the cream of the crop of electric jazz in its heyday. Brecker and Gadd shine brilliantly on tracks like the opening Tee Bag and Grolnick s furious samba Fawlty Tenors, the latter