Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Sam First, Los Angeles
With several decades of friendship and music behind them, Erskine, Pasqua and Oles have created an elegantly unique trio sound that is unmistakably their own. "While brilliant upper-echelon musicians in their own right, the magic that ensues in this trio is remarkable." -Jim Worsley (AAJ) Peter Erskine (drums), Alan Pasqua (piano), Darek Oles (bass) Peter Erskine has played the drums since the age of four and is known for his versatility and love of working in different musical contexts. He appears on 700 albums and film scores, and has won two Grammy Awards, plus an Honorary Doctorate from the Berklee School of Music (1992). Fifty albums have been released under his own name or as co-leader. He has played with the Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson Big Bands, Weather Report, Steps Ahead, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Diana Krall, Kenny Wheeler, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Brecker Brothers, The Yellowjackets, Pat Metheny and Gary Burton, John Scofield, et al, and has appeared as a soloist with the London, Los Angeles, Chicago, Frankfurt Radio, Scottish Chamber, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony, Oslo and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. Peter premièred the double percussion concerto Fractured Lines, composed by…