Original sentence: After four years and five albums with Weather Report and the Jaco Pastorius big band Word of Mouth, he joined Steps Ahead.His big band recordings with the Bob Mintzer Big Band are excellent modern big band jazz/funk performances studied by many students of drums and drumming
Edited sentence: After four years and five albums with Weather Report and the Jaco Pastorius big band World of Mouth, he joined Steps Ahead.His big band recordings with the Bob Mintzer Big Band are excellent modern big band jazz/funk studied by many students of drums and drumming.In addition, Erskine is good friends with Vinnie Colaiuta, another versatile drummer held in extremely high regard