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AJA [Remaster] by Steely Dan (CD, Nov-1999, MCA Records USA) 
AJA [Remaster] by Steely Dan (CD, Nov-1999, MCA Records USA)

 
AJA [Remaster] by Steely Dan (CD, Nov-1999, MCA Records USA)

Artist: Steely Dan
Release Date: Nov 1999
Format: CD
Record Label: MCA Records (USA)
Genre: '70s, Oldies
UPC: 008811205621
Product ID: EPID3146219
Description: Steely Dan: Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards); Walter Becker (guitar). Additional personnel includes: Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks (guitar); Tom Scott (tenor saxophone, lyricon); Wayne Shorter, Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone)...
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Track Listing
1. Black Cow
2. AJA
3. Deacon Blues
4. Peg
5. Home at Last
6. I Got the News
7. Josie

Details
Playing Time:39 min.
Contributing Artists:Bernard Purdie, Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Michael McDonald, Steve Gadd, Tom Scott, Wayne Shorter
Producer:Gary Katz
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:ADD

Album Notes
Steely Dan: Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards); Walter Becker (guitar).
Additional personnel includes: Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks (guitar); Tom Scott (tenor saxophone, lyricon); Wayne Shorter, Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone); Plas Johnson (horns); Victor Feldman (keyboards, vibraphone, percussion); Joe Sample, Michael Omartian (keyboards); Chuck Rainey (bass); Paul Humphrey, Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd (drums); Tim Schmit, Clydie King, Michael McDonald (background vocals).
Engineers include: Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Bill Schnee.
Recorded at Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Producer's Workshop, Warner Brothers North Hollywood Recording Studios, ABC Recording Studios, Sound Labs, Hollywood, California; A&R Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This represents the pinnacle of Steely Dan's gradual transition from rock band to their own brand of jazz-influenced white soul. Guitars were replaced by keyboards, and saxophones became more common. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were only interested in spending time in the recording studios, while the fans pined and waited. The result set new standards in recorded excellence, and is regularly used as a hi-fi shop demonstration. The ambitious title track was deemed too difficult for radio play and only the two overtly accessible tracks `Josie' and `Peg', gave them valuable exposure.

Editorial Reviews
5 stars out of 5 - ...Sleek, smart, deliciously cynical...Lyrically opaque and using the best musical back-up in the business, this was the Steely Dan album that effectively ring-fenced jazz-funk forevermore....what rich entertainment still.
Q (06/01/2000)

5 stars out of 5 - ...Exquisite...music so technically demanding its creators had to call in A-list session players to realize the sounds they heard in their heads but could not play....AJA [is the]frustration and failure at the heart of the party.
Rolling Stone (08/30/2001)

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      aja w/ Steely Dan 1999 CD
    Review created: 07/14/06(updated 11/10/06)
    by:
    bette.davis1908-1989 ( 546)
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    53 of 53 people found this review helpful.

    You may think buying this CD isn't worth it since it's only 39 minutes of "jazz-influenced white soul" music with only 7 tracks, but look at which ones they are:

    Track listing
    1. Black Cow
    2. Aja
    3. Deacon Blues
    4. Peg
    5. Home At Last
    6. I Got The News
    7. Josie

    All tracks have been digitally remastered. I find their music soothingly truthful and addictive. If I play it, I play it for hours I get so into it. It's a moody type of CD that I have to need it to play it. I like it's perfectionist musical precision, and originality. There's still no one like them.

    Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) & Walter Becker (guitar) are the main Steely Dan band. Neither of them had any interest in performing out of the studio. So they didn't.

    For this CD they had a wide range of musicians recording with them:

    Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks (guitar); Tom Scott (tenor saxophone, lyricon); Wayne Shorter, Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone); Plas Johnson (horns); Victor Feldman (keyboards, vibraphone, percussion); Joe Sample, Michael Omartian (keyboards); Chuck Rainey (bass); Paul Humphrey, Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd (drums); Tim Schmit, Clydie King, Michael McDonald (background vocals).

    Let's just say they do real pro music that's extremely technical, without sounding so. Gotta have it.


    Review ID: 10000000001398575
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