FIRST TIME HEARING Steely Dan - Aja Reaction
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That is of course the great Wayne Shorter on tenor sax. Wayne is still alive, performing and making albums at the ripe young age of 87. Long life to one of my all time favorites.
Yes, and he and the great Steve Gadd on drums are soloing together on Aja. Amazing and powerful.
This album is on my top 10 of all time.The musicians on the album are some of the best.Chuck Rainey-bass,Bernard Purdie and Steve Gadd-Drums,Larry Carlton-Guitar and Joe Sample-Keys come to mind.The full listing is on Wikipedia. The quality of the recording was so good that this album was frequently used to demonstrate audio equipment. There is not a bad song on this album. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were the founders of this group who used mostly Studio musicians on their recordings. They were perfectionists in every way and sometimes did many takes with different musicians before they we're happy with the final product. An earlier album ,The Royal scam ,is also a good one. Their catalog is huge with many excellent recordings.
There's perfectionism and there's perfectionism and then there's Steely Dan perfectionism it's on a completely different level!
This album is in my top 1, lol
And of course, the great Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone! Awesome solo 🎶👍🏾
An epic song from an epic album. Flawless musicianship and production as always.
It's all in the mixing. Steely Dan has the best mixing of each individual instruments and vocal blending ever besides the fact that they make great songs.
The WHOLE album!..Not a dog in the bunch....Steve Gadd!..My favorite drummer of all time!..Just flawless.
"Home At Last" "Green Earrings" and "Kid Charlemagne" are some of my favorites. Most of the rest have already been mentioned. You can't go wrong with Steely Dan! The catalog is deep!
Green Earrings is my favorite. Pure 🔥🔥🔥
Steely Dan (Don Fagen & Walter Becker) are at the top of the list of production professional and perfectionists. They defy categorization more than any other artists. 18k or Bust, by Friday!!!
You can tell when someone is diggin' The Dan ... they close their eyes and take in the majesty like this dude did!!!
I've always said I wanna sit in a hammock and listen to STEELY DAN...LOVE LOVE them...took me awhile to learn that SD wasn't just one person...lol
Early Jazz/Rock/Fusion! Been a Fan of theirs from the first time I heard THIS SONG!! (late 70's) never stopped listening!!
Was only put on to the group about 5 years ago and they are consistently bad azz incredibly talented. ENJOY..
When all my dime dancing is through I run to you. What a fng lyric. One of my favorite albums of all time.
Some of my favorites ( and best) from Steely Dan are : "Peg, Hey Nineteen, Green Earrings , Reelin In the Years, and Do It Again "
Riding music - this and George Duke's "Thief in the night" cassette helped me drive from NY to New Orleans.
Aja was more a musical suite than a single melody
According to me, the best performed and produced album ever. Just Steve Gadd and Wayne Shorter together. And they did it in one take. (I also worship a lot of other compositions and performances.)
Gadd did two, which were stitched together
This is one of the best albums of all time.
Mind Blowing production is right young man! Those Steely Dan albums are famous for their detailed production. This song is a modern masterpiece of music. Glad you listened to this. Anyone who likes production must listen to these albums. Man I dig your channel! Rock and Soul from the 70s is my wheelhouse. Hope you get into some Blues at a later date. Peace!
If you appreciate music production, you can't go wrong with Steely Dan.
You need to dedicate some time to them specifically.
Co-sign
I agree , Gaucho lp is dope check out Donald Fagens The Nightfly lp as well
These guys where so perfection oriented some of the songs have hundreds of takes most destroyed by purpose not to leak out
They often had entire day recording sessions to achieve what they considered is the perfect take
workaholics .
Own a copy of this album on CD
Pretty god-like tune.
I’ve probably heard this song at least 500 times, and I’m STILL finding more to unwrap in it. The sheer musical ambition and risk taking involved in composing and then releasing something of this magnitude and brilliance.....especially after their previous album “The Royal Scam” was so amazing, it took some serious belief and cahones to put it out, but they totally pulled it off!
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Another beloved Dan song, we loved this album when debuted.
That was Wayne Shorter playing Tenor Sax. One of the most influential musicians of the '60's and '70's. He's performed sideman with Herbie Hancock and the late, great Miles Davis.
And let's not forget Weather Report.
The great Steve Gadd on drums!
JJ, you have a good ear!! In July 1978, Aja won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical and received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Their "Josie" and "Deacon Blues' are also outstanding!! Big rabbit hole here, perhaps your new favorite group?
This masterpiece album needs to be listened to from start to finish.
It is a journey to musical sophistication and perfection.
We used to test out high end stereo equipment by listening to this album.
This album is considered one of the best if not THE best produced album ever
Yes the different melody what makes this song unique
The great Wayne Shorter on sax and just ripping drums by Steve Gadd. This whole album is great
JJ you never cease to impress me with your reaction videos man! The best on YT👍"Aja" is a masterpiece and way ahead of its time!!!!
Now smoke a blunt and listen to it again! Steely Dan never gets old! Love the reactions!
Remember though, this song was produced in 1977!
This album won an emmy for engineering.
Grammy.
learned about SD in college and have been a fan since the 70s .... its a large catalog of great music ..
The whole record is a moment of ☮️
Incredible song. This might be The Steely Dan masterpiece. Great reaction JJ!!!
This was kick back and light a doobie music And just chill in 78.
👍🏽 This is one of those needle dropper albums, JJ.
I love steely Dan you can pick anything by them and it'll be good. Meanwhile you should try Earth wind and fire sun goddess and anything else by Earth wind and fire you haven't gotten into much of their band tracks. They have some dope band tracks with very little vocals to it you might want to try those out too.
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Hi JJ, U will not believe the amount of samples in their songs. Peace
Just say it brother you are bewildered it’s ok lolllllll you young guns are getting it!
Its a masterpiece!
" Green Earrings " , from Steely Dan brings the funk ! I think you've done ' PEG" , so the next recommendation is " Hey Nineteen "
Thank you! Check out Joni Mitchell sometime.
More: :Double helix...throw out the hardware."
In May 1970 the US invaded Cambodia ("the hardware...lets do it right.")
"Double helix"- the night of the invasion a double helix star formation was in the sky.
One of the greatest albums ever recorded, a once in a musical lifetime MASTERPIECE.
Every album before and after is compared to this album in production, engineering and musicianship and sophistication.
When you buy a new high end stereo equipment, this is the album to bring to test it!
Bro, You're missing half the production listening through earbuds. Even something like BEATS aren't much better. You need reference headphones like pro's mix with. You can get a standard set for a lot cheaper than you might think. AKG K240's are made in China now. They've come down from $300.00 to $99.00 or less. They've been used in recording studios for a long time. You'll hear things you never knew were in the music.
The entire album is amazing; my favorite is "Home at Last".
FM - No Static At All
Yep, mindblowing.
Chinese music was a derogatory term used for Honky Tonk
"Chinese music" was used for hard bop jazz (Charlie Parker, Dizzy, etc), which Walter and Donald were massive fans of.
Production is nice - mate, the production was in 1977, over 40 years ago
...haven't heard Steve Gadd drumming yet :)
They were trying really really hard to blow your mind
Dynomite track and at the same time, might not crack Steely Dan’s top 20
Not a single song on this album that isn't virtually perfect. Check out "Deacon Blues," "Josey," and "I Got the News." Also, the prior (Royal Scam) and subsequent (Gaucho) Steely Dan albums are incredible, with great composition, musicianship, and production quality. This music all came out in the 70s, and it was phenomenal.
Deacon Blues next
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The song is about ex- President Richard Nixon being invited back to China (Aja ) after his resignation in disgrace ( "when all my dime dancing is through I run to you") due to the Watergate scandal. The Chinese govt. treated him like royalty. Like he was still President. "The hill' is Capitol Hill.
The drummer is Steve Gadd. He has played on hundreds of recordings. He said this is his best drumming ever. The drum solo is regarded by drummers as one of the greatest ever. At 5:52 he taps his drums sticks. I never noticed until a drummer pointed it out. And I've had the album since '77.
If you like this you will love Black Cow!
Check out Royal Scam song
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