"the American quartet, but with many of the avant-garde and Americana elements replaced by the European folk and classical music influences that characterized the work of ECM artists at the time. Jarrett became involved in a legal wrangle following the release of the album ""Gaucho"" in 1980 by the U.S. rock band Steely Dan. The album's title track, credited to Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, bore a resemblance to Jarrett's ""Long As You Know You're Living Yours"", from Jarrett's European quartet 1974 ""Belonging"" album. When a ""Musician"" magazine interviewer pointed out the similarity, Becker admitted that he loved the Jarrett"
"at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California. Becker and Fagen recruited a diverse group of session players for ""Katy Lied"" (1975), including Porcaro, Paich, and McDonald, as well as guitarist Elliott Randall, jazz saxophonist Phil Woods, saxophonist/bass-guitarist Wilton Felder, percussionist/vibraphonist/keyboardist Victor Feldman, keyboardist (and later producer) Michael Omartian, and guitarist Larry Carlton — Dias, Becker, and Fagen being Steely Dan's only original members. The album went gold on the strength of ""Black Friday"" and ""Bad Sneakers"", but Becker and Fagen were so dissatisfied with the album's sound (compromised by a faulty DBX noise reduction system) that they publicly apologized"
"and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. At Bard he met musician Walter Becker. With a revolving assortment of musicians which included future actor Chevy Chase, Becker and Fagen formed the bands the Leather Canary, the Don Fagen Jazz Trio, and the Bad Rock Band. Fagen described his college bands as sounding like ""the Kingsmen performing Frank Zappa material"". None of the groups lasted long, but the partnership between Fagen and Becker did. The duo's early career included working with Jay and the Americans, for which they used pseudonyms. In the early 1970s they worked as pop songwriters for ABC/Dunhill Records, which released all"
"1981, Becker and Fagen were less active throughout most of the next decade, though a cult following remained devoted to the group. Since reuniting in 1993, Steely Dan has toured steadily and released two albums of new material, the first of which, ""Two Against Nature"", earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. They have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001. VH1 listed Steely Dan at #82 as one of the 100 greatest musical artists of all time. Founding member Walter Becker died on"
"Walter Becker and Donald Fagen at Bard College, features reverent horns and aggressive piano riffs and guitar solos. ""The Boston Rag"" develops from a jazzy song to unrefined playing by the band, including a distorted guitar solo by Jeff ""Skunk"" Baxter. Jim Hodder's drumming eschews rock music for pop and jazz grooves. Bop-style jazz soloing is set in the context of a pop song on ""Bodhisattva"". ""Countdown to Ecstasy"" also has themes similar to ""Can't Buy a Thrill"". It explores topics such as drug abuse, class envy, and West Coast excess. The band explore a theme of the United States"
"Nightfly"". Karma (American band) Karma was a soul/funk/jazz band which recorded two albums for the A&M Records imprint Horizon Records in the 1970s. Its members included Ernie Watts, trombonist George Bohanon, trumpeter Oscar Brashear, keyboardist Reggie Andrews, bassist Curtis Robertson Jr and drummer Joe Blocker. After recording two albums, the group disbanded in 1978. Group members Reggie Andrews and George Bohanon became record producers - the former becoming successful in overseeing albums by Patrice Rushen and The Dazz Band. Ernie Watts would later tour with The Rolling Stones, while Vander ""Stars"" Lockett would appear on Donald Fagen's 1982 solo debut,"
"band's shares. Fagen filed a counter suit, arguing that the band had drawn up plans in 1972 stating that band members leaving the band or dying relinquish shares of the band's output to the surviving members. In December 2017, Fagen said that he would rather have retired the Steely Dan name after Becker's death, and instead have toured with the current iteration of the group under another name, but was persuaded not to by promoters for commercial reasons. Special attention is given to the individual sound of each instrument. Recording is done with the utmost fidelity and attention to sonic"
"September 3, 2017. Becker and Fagen met in 1967 at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. As Fagen passed by a café, The Red Balloon, he heard Becker practicing the electric guitar. In an interview, Fagen recounted the experience: ""I hear this guy practicing, and it sounded very professional and contemporary. It sounded like, you know, like a black person, really."" He introduced himself to Becker and asked, ""Do you want to be in a band?"" Discovering that they enjoyed similar music, the two began writing songs together. Becker and Fagen began playing in local groups. One such group, known"
"for what eventually became Fagen's (along with his future wife Libby Titus) New York Rock and Soul Revue. Zingg can be heard on the 1991 album """", which also features Michael McDonald, Phoebe Snow, and Boz Scaggs, among others. The NY Rock & Soul gigs led to Walter Becker coming to New York and joining the Revue in the summer of 1992. Then, Fagen and Becker decided to hit the road, touring as Steely Dan, with Zingg joining them on the tour as a lead guitarist and music director for about two years. Others joining this ""Steely Dan Orchestra"" were"
"""Premiere"" magazine. In the early 1990s, he toured with the New York Rock and Soul Revue. Becker and Fagen reunited in 1986 to work on the debut album by model and singer Rosie Vela. Fagen co-produced and played keyboards on Walter Becker's solo album debut, ""11 Tracks of Whack"" (1994). Becker produced Fagen's second album, ""Kamakiriad"" (1993), which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and reached number 10 on the Top 200 albums chart. Fagen's third solo album, ""Morph the Cat"", was released on March 14, 2006, and featured Wayne Krantz (guitar), Jon Herington (guitar),"
"as I can with the Steely Dan band."" After Becker's death, Steely Dan honored commitments to perform a short North American tour in October 2017 and three concert dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland for Bluesfest on a double bill with the Doobie Brothers. The band played its first concert following Becker's death in Thackerville, Oklahoma on October 13. In tribute to Becker, they have performed his solo song ""Book of Liars"", with Fagen singing the lead vocals, at several concerts on the tour. Becker's widow and estate sued Fagen, arguing that the estate should control 50% of the"
"the Chips residency in Las Vegas and Southern California. Becker's final performance came on May 27 at the Greenwich Town Party in Greenwich, Connecticut. Due to an undisclosed illness, Becker did not play Steely Dan's two Classics East and West concerts at Dodger Stadium and Citi Field in July. Fagen embarked on a tour that summer with a new backing band, The Nightflyers. Becker died from complications of esophageal cancer on September 3, 2017. In a note released to the media, Fagen remembered his longtime friend and bandmate, and promised to ""keep the music we created together alive as long"
"The Dukes of September The Dukes of September is an American supergroup, formed in 2010 featuring Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. The project is a resurrection of the previous New York Rock and Soul Revue which featured the same three musicians and played a combination of hits from the members' respective careers as well as a wide variety of covers. Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald began working together in the mid-1970s when McDonald would collaborate with Steely Dan, singing and playing keyboards on a lot of their material. The two worked together again during the early 1990s in"
"with engineer Roger Nichols. Nichols would win six Grammy Awards for his work with the band from the 1970s to 2001. After realizing that their songs were too complex for other ABC artists, at Katz's suggestion Becker and Fagen formed their own band with guitarists Denny Dias and Jeff ""Skunk"" Baxter, drummer Jim Hodder and singer David Palmer, and Katz signed them to ABC as recording artists. Fans of Beat Generation literature, Fagen and Becker named the band after a series of strap-on dildos mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel ""Naked Lunch"". Palmer joined as a second lead vocalist"
"as ""Trad"" (for traditional), although it was actually written by Becker and Fagen. The original version of ""Do It Again"" is in the key of G minor, with Fagen on lead vocals. The song uses a large amount of syncopation in the vocal melody. The tune features an electric sitar solo by Denny Dias. The ""plastic organ"" solo by Donald Fagen was performed on a Yamaha YC-30 with a sliding pitch-bending control. David Palmer fronted the band during their live show, and he sang ""Do It Again"" when the group played ""The Midnight Special"" in January 1973. But Donald Fagen"
"Karma (American band) Karma was a soul/funk/jazz band which recorded two albums for the A&M Records imprint Horizon Records in the 1970s. Its members included Ernie Watts, trombonist George Bohanon, trumpeter Oscar Brashear, keyboardist Reggie Andrews, bassist Curtis Robertson Jr and drummer Joe Blocker. After recording two albums, the group disbanded in 1978. Group members Reggie Andrews and George Bohanon became record producers - the former becoming successful in overseeing albums by Patrice Rushen and The Dazz Band. Ernie Watts would later tour with The Rolling Stones, while Vander ""Stars"" Lockett would appear on Donald Fagen's 1982 solo debut, ""The"
"Fagen. Soon after, Herington got a call to record ""Janie Runaway"" and toured with Steely Dan to promote the album. In 2000, Herington released a solo album, entitled ""Like So"". In 2003, Steely Dan had him back to record their release, ""Everything Must Go"", as well as to tour in promotion of the album. In 2006, Donald Fagen hired Herington to play on and tour for his solo album ""Morph the Cat"". He appears on Walter Becker's latest solo album ""Circus Money"". In 2010 and again in 2012, Jon joined the Dukes of September touring group which is composed of"
"Cacophony (band) Cacophony was an American heavy metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker, and signed to Shrapnel Records. They remained active until 1989, after which both guitarists forged their own solo careers and joined other bands. The two albums released by Cacophony—""Speed Metal Symphony"" (1987) and ""Go Off!"" (1988)—were showpieces of the kind of highly technical playing typical of the 1980s shred era, with songs featuring fast tempos, melodic solos, exotic neoclassical scales and dual guitar harmonizations. Several of the tracks were entirely instrumental, which prominently demonstrated Friedman and Becker's renowned technical skills. In"
"illness, at the age of 67. Nektar Nektar (German for ""Nectar"") is a 1970s English progressive rock band originally based in Germany. The band formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1969. The founding members were Englishmen Roye Albrighton on guitars and vocals, Allan ""Taff"" Freeman on keyboards, Derek ""Mo"" Moore on bass, Ron Howden on drums, and Mick Brockett and Keith Walters on lights and special effects. Though the concept of a non-performing bandmember was not unprecedented, fully a third of Nektar's lineup had no role in either performing or writing their music. Throughout their early existence the band's songwriting was"
"Beckett (band) Beckett was an English hard rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1970. The band released one self-titled album in 1974 and disbanded shortly thereafter. Original singer Rob Turner was killed in a car crash and replaced by Terry Wilson-Slesser, who would later go on to perform with Back Street Crawler and then Geordie whose previous front man Brian Johnson left to join AC/DC in 1980. In 2017, Beckett songwriter Brian Ingham sued Iron Maiden for copyright infringement over two popular songs, ""Hallowed Be Thy Name"" and ""The Nomad""., which lifted musical sections and lyrics from the"
"Fog (band) Fog is an American indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1999. The band is fronted by Andrew Broder, and for a time included Mark Erickson and Tim Glenn. After ending the project in 2008, Broder announced its return as a solo project in 2014. Most of Fog's releases have been put out by Lex Records or Ninja Tune. For most of their existence, material released by Fog had been produced largely by Andrew Broder alone, combining both traditionally performed instruments and turntable-derived samples, until the switch to a traditional three-piece rock band format was announced in"
"of demos from 1968 to 1971 are available in bootleg form. This collection features approximately 25 tracks and is notable for its sparse arrangements (Fagen plays solo piano on many songs) and lo-fi production, a contrast with Steely Dan's later work. Although some of these songs (""Caves of Altamira"", ""Brooklyn"", ""Barrytown"") were re-recorded for Steely Dan albums, most were never officially released. Becker and Fagen joined the touring band of Jay and the Americans for about a year and a half. They were at first paid $100 per show, but partway through their tenure the band's tour manager cut their"
"Deacon Blues ""Deacon Blues"" is a song written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in 1976 and recorded by their group Steely Dan on their 1977 album ""Aja"". It peaked at number 19 on the ""Billboard"" charts and number 17 on the U.S. ""Cash Box"" Top 100 in June 1978. It also reached #40 on the Easy Listening chart. In Canada it spent two weeks at #14 and #20 Adult Contemporary. The song, in the key of G Major, was largely written at Fagen's house in Malibu and was prompted by his observation that ""... if a college football team"
"keyboards on the band's Top 20 UK hit ""Black Man Ray"". For the second of the two albums, 1989's ""Diary of a Hollow Horse"", Becker is only listed as a producer and not as a band member. In 1986 Becker and Fagen performed on ""Zazu"", an album by former model Rosie Vela produced by Gary Katz. The two rekindled their friendship and held songwriting sessions between 1986 and 1987, leaving the results unfinished. On October 25, 1991, Becker attended a concert by New York Rock and Soul Revue, co-founded by Fagen and producer/singer Libby Titus (who was for many years"
"did not become friends until 1987 when they were backstage at a Dr. John concert. On January 4, 2016, Titus sustained injuries after Fagen allegedly shoved her against a marble window frame at their Upper East Side apartment. Titus informed the ""New York Post"" that she was divorcing her husband. The two have since reconciled. Titus co-wrote the song ""Florida Room"" on the 1993 album ""Kamakiriad"". Fagen has performed with Amy Helm, daughter of Libby Titus and musician Levon Helm. Donald Fagen Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer"
"band, several would continue to work with Steely Dan over the next decade, including saxophone players Cornelius Bumpus and Chris Potter. During this tour, Fagen introduced himself as ""Rick Strauss"" and Becker as ""Frank Poulenc"". The next year, MCA released ""Citizen Steely Dan"", a boxed set featuring their entire catalog (except their debut single ""Dallas""/""Sail The Waterway"") on four CDs, plus four extra tracks: ""Here at the Western World"" (originally released on 1978's ""Greatest Hits""), ""FM"" (1978 single), a 1971 demo of ""Everyone's Gone to the Movies"" and ""Bodhisattva (live)"", the latter recorded on a cassette in 1974 and released"
"noticed that as rock music gained popularity, he personally felt it lost an edge. Fagen, a ""lonely"" kid, then turned to late-night jazz radio shows for the vitality he felt the new music lacked. As he got older, he intended to go to graduate school and pursue literature. Instead, he was ""swept up"" into the counterculture at Bard College, where he met Walter Becker. They later moved to Los Angeles at the suggestion of their friend Gary Katz, and took jobs as staff writers for ABC Records. Together, they formed Steely Dan, releasing their first album, ""Can't Buy a Thrill"","
"part of the collective Freedom Express. 1970 also saw the release of the band's only proper album, ""Welcome"", on Avco/Embassy. This album showcased a late psychedelic/early progressive crossover sound, and featured Hodder singing lead vocals on all tracks. In 1972, Hodder accepted an invitation from Katz and Boston guitarist Jeff ""Skunk"" Baxter to relocate to Los Angeles and join Steely Dan, a new group built around songwriters Donald Fagen and Walter Becker with whom the two were working. He made the move with his girlfriend Kathi Kamen Goldmark, later a successful author and musician. He barely knew the other band"
"of the Ralph Mathis Band as a singer and bass player. Her husband, bandleader Ralph Mathis, is the brother of singer Johnny Mathis. Jeannie Snow is now a vocalist with the Tommy Thompson Band in Las Vegas. Phil Volk Phil ""Fang"" Volk (born Phillip Edward Volk; October 25, 1945) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, band leader, record producer and arranger. As the bassist of Paul Revere & the Raiders from 1965–1967, Volk appeared in over 750 television shows, 520 of which were episodes of the Dick Clark production, ""Where the Action Is"", which aired daily from 1965-67. The band"
"what he is known for is uncertain, but is nonetheless thankful for it. Marty Friedman Martin Adam ""Marty"" Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for heavy metal band Megadeth which spanned nearly the full decade of the 1990s. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony until 1989, as well as his 13 solo albums and tours. Friedman has resided in Tokyo, Japan since 2003, where he has appeared on over 700 Japanese television programs such as ""Rock Fujiyama"", ""Hebimeta-san"", ""Kouhaku uta gassen"" and ""Jukebox English""."
"Flannery, all of the Oregon rock/ska/swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. The cover art is a photo of the Spirit of New Orleans Brass Band, led by Layton Martens (19 February 1943 - 18 March 2000), who is at left on trombone. Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen (15 September 1950 – 11 January 2004) at right. All songs written by Mad Caddies, except where otherwise noted: Keep It Going Keep It Going is the fifth full-length studio album by California ska punk band Mad Caddies, released on May 1, 2007 on CD. It was pressed on vinyl in 2014 in both"
"He was raised in Queens and Eastchester by his father and grandmother. His father sold paper-cutting machinery in Manhattan. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan in 1967. After starting out on saxophone, he switched to guitar and received instruction in blues technique from neighbor Randy Wolfe. Donald Fagen overheard Becker playing guitar at a campus café when they were both students at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. In an interview many years later, Fagen said, ""I hear this guy practicing, and it sounded very professional and contemporary. It sounded like, you know, like a black person, really."""
"time with the release of his third album in 1975. The Feelies were an alternative rock group formed in Haledon in 1976. Yo La Tengo, elder statesmen of indie rock, formed in Hoboken in the mid 1980s. Donald Fagen of Steely Dan was born in Passaic and grew up in South Brunswick NJ. Rock band My Chemical Romance, formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in late 2001; they had a #2 album on the Billboard 200 with the emo ""The Black Parade"" in October 2006. Bass Player for The Hangdogs is JC Chmiel, who is originally from Red Bank; he"