Effective period / Period of releases: 1983 - 2016

Members: Eliane Elias, Michael Brecker, Bob Berg, Mike Mainieri, Steve Khan, Tony Levin, Peter Erskine, Don Grolnick, Darryl Jones, James Genus, Eddie Gomez, Mike Stern, Marc Johnson (2), Chuck Loeb, Steve Smith (5), Victor Bailey, Reggie Washington, Michael Cain, Rachel Z, Warren Bernhardt, Bendik Hofseth, Jeff Andrews, Bill Evans (3), Clarence Penn, Donny McCaslin, Tom Kennedy (2)

Steps Ahead (originally known as simply Steps - see Steps) is a jazz-fusion group and the brainchild of vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. According to the liner notes of "Steps Ahead", the group's 1983 debut album (for worldwide release), 'Steps began as a part-time venture in 1979 at Seventh Avenue South, New York City nightclub.'

Group members, 1989: Mike Mainieri, Bendik Hofseth, Steve Khan, Tony Levin, Steve Smith.