Steps Ahead (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Steps Ahead

| type = studio

| artist = Steps Ahead

| cover = Steps Ahead.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1983

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:38

| label = Elektra/Musician

| producer = Don Grolnick

| prev_title = Step by Step

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Modern Times

| next_year = 1984

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r148083 |title=Steps Ahead – Steps Ahead | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=21 July 2011}}

| rev2 =

| rev2Score =

}}

Steps Ahead is the second studio album by the American jazz group Steps Ahead, released on Elektra/Musician in 1983.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Elektra_Musician.htm Jazzlists: Elektra Musician LP discography], accessed March 20, 2018[http://www.bsnpubs.com/elektra/elektra60000.html Both Sides Now: Elektra/Asylum Album Discography, Part 8: Consolidated 60000 Series (1982- )], accessed March 20, 2018 The group had previously released three albums under the name Steps on Nippon Columbia (Smokin' in the Pit (1981), Step by Step (1981) and Paradox (1982)), with Don Grolnick on piano and Steve Gadd on drums on "Smokin' in the Pit" and "Step by Step".