Time Being is an album by drummer Peter Erskine

Peter Erskine

Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...

 featuring pianist John Taylor

John Taylor (jazz)

John Taylor is a British jazz pianist; he has occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesiser. He is one of Europe's most celebrated jazz pianists and composers.-Performing career:...

 and bassist Palle Danielsson

Palle Danielsson

Palle Danielsson is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden, perhaps most notable for his work done with Keith Jarrett from 1974 to 1979, becoming a member of his European quartet for that period.-Career:...

 recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 awarded the album 3 stars stating "This CD is actually most interesting for the playing of Taylor who contributes three of the originals and plays in a style not that far from Keith Jarrett. In general the music starts out pretty quiet but builds its intensity and holds one's interest".

Track listing

All compositions by Peter Erskine except as indicated

1. "Terraces" (Palle Danielsson, Peter Erskine, John Taylor) - 7:08
2. "For the Time Being" - 5:13
3. "If Only I Had Known" - 6:05
4. "Evansong" (Erskine, Taylor) - 8:06
5. "Page 172" (Taylor) - 6:02
6. "Liten Visa Till Karin" (Staffan Linton) - 4:57
7. "Bulgaria" - 4:48
8. "Ambleside" (Taylor) - 6:36
9. "Phrase One" (Kenny Wheeler
   Kenny Wheeler
   Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
   
   ) - 5:19
10. "Palle's Headache" (Danielsson) - 5:26
11. "Pieds-En-L'Air" (Peter Warlock
    Peter Warlock
    Peter Warlock was a pseudonym of Philip Arnold Heseltine , an Anglo-Welsh composer and music critic. He used the pseudonym when composing, and is now better known by this name....
    
    ) - 4:36
    • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in November 1993

Personnel

• Peter Erskine
  Peter Erskine
  Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and composer. He has enjoyed a long and successful career as a session drummer, recording and touring with many famous jazz and rock artists, including Steely Dan and Weather Report...
  
   — drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• John Taylor
  John Taylor (jazz)
  John Taylor is a British jazz pianist; he has occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesiser. He is one of Europe's most celebrated jazz pianists and composers.-Performing career:...
  
   — piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Palle Danielsson
  Palle Danielsson
  Palle Danielsson is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden, perhaps most notable for his work done with Keith Jarrett from 1974 to 1979, becoming a member of his European quartet for that period.-Career:...
  
   — bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...