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DONALD FAGEN   

The Nightfly

RELEASED
1982
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
rock, jazz
TRACKS
01, I.G.Y.  (6:05)
02, Green Flower Street  (3:40)
03, Ruby Baby  (5:38)
04, Maxine  (3:50)
05, New Frontier  (6:23)
06, The Nightfly  (5:45)
07, The Goodbye Look  (4:47)
08, Walk Between Raindrops  (2:38)
DURATION
38:46
MUSICIANS
DONALD FAGEN -vocals, synthesizers (1÷3,6,8), piano
      (3,4,6,8), organ (3,4,8), harp (1), backing vocals (3,5÷8)
HUGH MCCRACKEN -guitars (1,3,6), harmonica (5)
DEAN PARKS -guitars (2,7)
RICK DERRINGER -guitars (2,6)
LARRY CARLTON -lead guitars (2,3,5÷7), guitars (4,8)
STEVE KHAN -acoustic guitars (7)
ROB MOUNSEY -synthesizers (1,2,6)
GREG PHILLINGANES -piano (1,2,4,5,7), piano solo (3), clavinet
      (2), synthesizers (7,8)
MICHAEL OMARTIAN -piano (3,6)
ANTHONY JACKSON -bass (1,3)
CHUCK RAINEY -bass (2)
MARCUS MILLER -bass (4,6,7)
ABRAHAM LABORIEL -bass (5)
WILL LEE -bass (8)
JAMES GADSON -drums (1)
JEFF PORCARO -drums (3,6,7), adittional drums (1)
JAMES GADSON -additional drums (3)
ED GREEN -drums (4)
STEVE JORDAN -drums (8)
DAVE TOFANI -saxophone (1,4)
RONNIE CUBER -saxophone (1,4)
MICHAEL BRECKER -saxophone (1,3,4)
RANDY BRECKER -trumpet (1,3), flugelhorn (3,4)
DAVE BARGERON -trombone (1), ephonium (4)
ROGER NICHOLS -percussion (1)
STARZ VANDERLOCKET -percussion (1,2,5,7), backing vocals
      (5)
FRANK FLOYD -backing vocals (1,2,6)
GORDON GRODY -backing vocals (1)
VALERIE SIMPSON -backing vocals (1,2,6,7)
ZACK SANDERS -backing vocals (1,2,6)
DANIEL LAZERUS -backing vocals (2)
LESLIE MILLER -backing vocals (8)
PRODUCED BY
GARY KATZ
REVIEW
Počátkem 80. let se Fagen s Beckerem na čas rozešli. Oba v té době vydali svá sólová alba - zatímco Beckerovo bylo slabším odvarem Steely Dan, Fagenovo "The Nightfly" pokračovalo v dokonalosti předešlých společných alb. Zde se ukázalo, že hlavním kompozičním motorem je Fagen, zatímco Becker uplatňoval při společných projektech především svůj audiofilský vkus a um.