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"Black Friday", which features Michael Omartian on piano and David Paich on Hohner electric piano and was released as the first single from the album, relates the story of a crooked speculator who makes his fortune and absconds to Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, as, according to Fagen, "It was the place most far away from LA we could think of".
~ Steely Dan producer Gary Katz regarding Roger Nichols' role in the band's recording legacy. Featuring Michael McDonald's backing vocals, "Peg" (No. 11) was the album's first single, followed by "Josie" (No. 26) and "Deacon Blues" (No. 19). Aja solidified Becker's and Fagen's reputations as songwriters and studio perfectionists. It features such jazz and fusion luminaries as guitarists Larry ...
Aja (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə /, pronounced "Asia") is the sixth studio album by the American jazz rock band Steely Dan, released by ABC Records on September 23, 1977. On the album, band leaders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker pushed Steely Dan further into experimenting with different combinations of session players, enlisting the services of nearly 40 musicians, while pursuing longer, more ...
"Bad Sneakers" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan. It was released as the second single and track on their 1975 album Katy Lied. [2] Producer Gary Katz later regretted not releasing the song as the first single.
Hal Leonard's The Best of Steely Dan describes Gaucho as "a concept album of seven interrelated tales about would-be hipsters." [33] According to Ian MacDonald, "Two songs are about hookers, two more concern the doings of coke dealers, and a fifth depicts the denouement of a seedy marital dispute. What redeems it all is the humour and artistry.
The Very Best of Steely Dan: Do It Again. Release date: October 1987; Label: Telstar — — — — — — 64 1993 Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan – Then and Now. Release date: November 1993; Label: MCA — 34 21 7 — 38 42 ARIA: Platinum [18] 2000 Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980. Release date: November 14, 2000; Label ...
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician who was the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker.
Steely Dan's last tour performance was on July 5, 1974, a concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California. [4] Steely Dan disbanded in June 1981. [5] Becker moved to Maui, where he became an "avocado rancher and self-styled critic of the contemporary scene." [6] He stopped using drugs, which he had used for most of his career.