The Nightfly

by Donald Fagen

Overview

A portrait of the artist as a young man, The Nightfly is a wonderfully evocative reminiscence of Kennedy-era American life; in the liner notes, Donald Fagen describes the songs as representative of the kinds of fantasies he entertained as an adolescent during the late '50s/early '60s, and he conveys the tenor of the times with some of his most personal and least obtuse material to date. Continuing in the smooth pop-jazz mode favored on the final Steely Dan records, The Nightfly is lush and shimmering, produced with cinematic flair by Gary Katz; romanticized but never sentimental, the songs are slices of suburbanite soap opera, tales of space-age hopes (the hit "I.G.Y.") and Cold War fears (the wonderful "The New Frontier," a memoir of fallout-shelter love) crafted with impeccable style and sophistication. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	09/20/2011
Label:	Wea Japan
UPC:	4943674108930
Rank:	1835

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Donald Fagen   Primary Artist,Harp,Horn,Organ,Piano,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric),Synthesizer Harp,Vocals (Background)
Greg Phillinganes   Guest Artist,Piano,Soloist,Clavinet,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric),Synthesizer Bass
Steve Khan   Guest Artist,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar
Larry Carlton   Guest Artist,Guitar
Rick Derringer   Guest Artist,Guitar
Randy Brecker   Guest Artist,Horn,Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Michael Brecker   Guest Artist,Horn,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Marcus Miller   Guest Artist,Bass
Jeff Porcaro   Guest Artist,Drums
Gordon Grody   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Abraham Laboriel, Sr.   Bass
Daniel Lazerus   Vocals (Background)
David Tofani   Horn,Saxophone,Sax (Alto)
Dave Bargeron   Horn,Trombone,Euphonium,Vocals (Background)
Zachary Sanders   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ed Greene   Drums
Roger Nichols   Percussion,Sequencing,Special Effects
Chuck Rainey   Bass
James Gadson   Drums
Dean Parks   Guitar
Valerie Simpson   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Frank Floyd   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Rob Mounsey   Horn,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Hugh McCracken   Guitar,Harmonica
Ronnie Cuber   Horn,Saxophone,Sax (Baritone)
Michael Omartian   Piano,Keyboards,Piano (Electric)
Anthony Jackson   Bass
Will Lee   Bass
Daniel Bazerus   Vocals (Background)
Leslie Miller   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Starz Vander Lockett   Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Steve Jordan   Drums
Ed Green   Drums
Zack Sanders   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Cory Frye   Editorial Supervision
Mike Stoller   Composer
Daniel Lazerus   Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Roger Nichols   Engineer,Programming
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Elliot Scheiner   Mixing,Engineer,Mix Down,Producer,Tracking,Track Laying
Donald Fagen   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Liner Notes,Horn Arrangements
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Greg Allen   Design,Art Direction
Steve Woolard   Project Assistant
Robin Lane & The Chartbusters   Assistant Engineer
Rob Mounsey   Horn Arrangements
Robin Hurley   Producer
Mike Morongell   Assistant Engineer,Digital Editing Assistant
Gary Katz   Producer
David Dieckmann   Authoring
Robin Lane   Assistant Engineer
Ginger Dettman   Project Assistant
George Lydecker   Authoring
Andrew Thomas   Screen Design
Cheryl Smith   Assistant Engineer
Wayne Yurgelun   Assistant Engineer,Digital Editing Assistant
George Delmerico   Art Direction
Steve Pokorny   Project Assistant
Spencer Christu   Authoring
James Hamilton   Photography