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Steps Ahead

American jazz fusion group
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Steps Ahead

Summary

Steps Ahead is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Steps Ahead's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Steps Ahead's genre is jazz[4].
  • Steps Ahead's record label is recorded as Elektra[5].
  • Steps Ahead's record label is recorded as Elektra Musician[6].
  • Steps Ahead's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • Steps Ahead comprises Mike Mainieri[8].
  • January 1, 1979 marks the founding of Steps Ahead[9].
  • Steps Ahead's official website is recorded as http://www.nycrecords.com/framesetnews.html[10].
  • Steps Ahead's start of work period is recorded as 1979[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[12]

  • Country: US[13]

  • Began / founded: 1979[14]

  • Genre(s): jazz[15]

  • Community tags: jazz[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8d35cd27-0504-4bbe-be87-f28ea200f7d3[17]

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Founding

January 1, 1979 marks the founding of Steps Ahead[9].

Why It Matters

Steps Ahead ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Elektra United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Steps Ahead. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/steps-ahead
MLA “Steps Ahead.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/steps-ahead.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_steps-ahead_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Steps Ahead}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/steps-ahead}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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