Peter Erskine

Peter Erskine (born 1954 in Somers Point, New Jersey) is an American jazz drummer who started playing at the age of four. He came up through the big bands of Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson, joined Weather Report in 1978 alongside Jaco Pastorius, and later built a long association with ECM Records as a leader and sideman. He also teaches at the USC Thornton School of Music. Erskine studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy and at Indiana University before joining Kenton in 1972.