Steely Dan - Aja (1977) {1999, Remastered}

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Artist: Steely Dan
Title: Aja
Year Of Release: 1977 / 1999
Label: MCA Records #811 745-2
Genre: Jazz Rock, Fusion, Soft Rock, Classic Rock
Quality: FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:40:01
Total Size: 349 / 186 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Steely Dan hadn't been a real working band since Pretzel Logic, but with Aja, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's obsession with sonic detail and fascination with composition reached new heights. A coolly textured and immaculately produced collection of sophisticated jazz-rock, Aja has none of the overt cynicism or self-consciously challenging music that distinguished previous Steely Dan records. Instead, it's a measured and textured album, filled with subtle melodies and accomplished, jazzy solos that blend easily into the lush instrumental backdrops. But Aja isn't just about texture, since Becker and Fagen's songs are their most complex and musically rich set of songs -- even the simplest song, the sunny pop of "Peg," has layers of jazzy vocal harmonies. In fact, Steely Dan ignores rock on Aja, preferring to fuse cool jazz, blues, and pop together in a seamless, seductive fashion. It's complex music delivered with ease, and although the duo's preoccupation with clean sound and self-consciously sophisticated arrangements would eventually lead to a dead end, Aja is a shining example of jazz-rock at its finest.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

Steely Dan - Aja (1977) {1999, Remastered}

Track List:

01. Black Cow [0:05:10.17]
02. Aja [0:08:00.35]
03. Deacon Blues [0:07:36.48]
04. Peg [0:04:00.25]
05. Home at Last [0:05:35.47]
06. I Got the News [0:05:07.08]
07. Josie [0:04:30.57]

Personnel:
Donald Fagen - lead vocals (all tracks), synthesizer (all tracks but 4), police whistle (2), backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
Walter Becker - bass (3), guitar (2), guitar solos (5, 6, 7)

Additional musicians:
Victor Feldman - electric piano (1, 3, 7), vibraphone (5, 6), piano (5, 6), percussion (2, 4)
Joe Sample - electric piano (2), Hohner Clavinet (1)
Paul Griffin - electric piano (4), backing vocals (4)
Michael Omartian - piano (2)
Don Grolnick - Hohner Clavinet (4)
Larry Carlton - guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 7), guitar solo (6)
Lee Ritenour - guitar (3)
Denny Dias (2), Dean Parks (3, 6, 7), Steve Khan (4) - guitar
Jay Graydon - solo guitar (4)
Chuck Rainey - bass (all but track 3)
Paul Humphrey (1), Steve Gadd (2), Bernard Purdie (3, 5), Rick Marotta (4), Ed Greene (6) - drums
Jim Keltner - drums, percussion (7)
Gary Coleman - percussion (4)
Tom Scott - tenor saxophone (1), Lyricon (4), horn arrangements
Wayne Shorter (2), Pete Christlieb (3) - tenor saxophone
Jim Horn, Bill Perkins, Plas Johnson, Jackie Kelso - saxes/flutes
Chuck Findley, Lou McCreary, Slyde Hyde - brass
Michael McDonald (4, 6), Timothy B. Schmit (2, 5, 7), Clydie King (1, 3, 6), Sherlie Matthews (1, 3, 6), Venetta Fields (1, 3, 6), Rebecca Louis (1, 6) - backing vocals

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