€ Joins as guitarist for Jean-Luc Ponty’s band, appears on Imaginary Voyage (released 1976 on Atlantic).
€ Joins Genesis on tour in the 1980s and appears on solo albums by Tony Banks and Phil Collins. Invisible no more after the Invisible Touch tour, he records a solo album with Leland Sklar (bass), Brad Cole (keyboards) and Mark Torroll (drums)...
1988 STEPPIN’ OUT A1.Kyoto Rose A2.I Don’t Wanna Know (Instrumental Version) A3.Anthem A4.Venturing Out B1.Electric City B2.Night Flyer B3.20 th Century Lady B4.The Highlands
(orig lp) US GRP GR-9573 [ps], GER GRP GRPA-9573 [ps] (orig cd) US GRP GRD-9573
²² Safe, inoffensive, fusion jazz smoothed over with the pop sensibilities of latter-day Genesis. No surprises there given the parties involved, but I so wanted a surprise from Daryl Stuermer. Steppin’ Out was an opportunity to put the adult pop label behind him and flash the fiery chops that lay largely dormat since the Jean-Luc Ponty years. But Stuermer instead wears the adult pop label like a badge, coming dangerously close to making muzak in the process. In fact, an instrumental version of Phil Collins’ “I Don’t Wanna Know” is the very definition of jazz muzak. Of course I could never tell the difference between smooth jazz and muzak anyway. I’m someone who likes to get inside music, and Steppin’ Out is a hard record to get inside. It works well on the surface, as a soundtrack from Jan Hammer or Pat Metheny might, good at capturing a single mood but not much for holding my attention. As a guitarist, Stuermer’s piercing style will be familiar to longtime listeners, though he does step outside of that style too; at times he had me thinking of Adrian Belew and Andy Summers. As a songwriter, he’s honestly no match for Ponty, Collins or Tony Banks. “The Highlands” is the only melody I might return to in the future. Steppin’ Out isn’t the case of a criminally contained talent breaking free, which is what I hoped it might be. Instead, it’s a light and brisk set of smooth jazz originals featuring synthesizers and some fiery fretwork, not so far removed from the early Yellowjackets albums. If you’re brought here by the Genesis connection and willing to walk down an instrumental path, seek out Steve Hackett and Brand X first.
1998.08.25 LIVE AND LEARN 1.Urban Island 2.Icering 3.Morning Train 4.Live and Learn 5.American Fields 6.River of Memories 7.Long Distance Love 8.Icarus’ Banjo 9.Remember When 10.Deadline 11.Highland Hip Hop 12.Ying Yang Boogie 13.Determined
(orig cd) US Urban Island 1960
2000.03.14 ANOTHER SIDE OF GENESIS 1.Follow You, Follow Me 2.Hold on My Heart 3.Taking It All Too Hard 4.Throwing It All Away 5.Since I Lost You 6.Land of Confusion 7.In Too Deep 8.Turn It On Again 9.Man on the Corner 10.No Son of Mine 11.Never a Time
(orig cd) US Urban Island 1961
2001 WAITING IN THE WINGS 1.Introduction 2.Waiting in the Wings 3.Wherever You Are 4.Deja Blue 5.Pyramid 6.Copenhagen 7.Cross Country 8.Road Warrior 9.Anthem 10.Transatlantic
2004.11.23 RETROFIT 1.Retrofit 2.Rendezvous 3.Zanzibar 4.Vagabond Street 5.Promises 6.Sharkskin Suit 7.Midnight Traveler 8.I Will Remember You 9.The Least You Can Do
(orig cd) US Urban Island
2005 THE NYLON STRING SAMPLER 1.Zanzibar 2.Hold on My Heart 3.Waiting in the Wings 4.River of Memories 5.Follow You Follow Me 6.Copenhagen 7.Promises 8.Icering 9.Since I Lost You 10.Midnight Traveler 11.I Will Remember You