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Aja
Aja cover
Studio album by Steely Dan
Released September, 1977
Recorded January-July 1977
Genre Jazz rock
Length 39:58
Label ABC Records
Producer Gary Katz
Professional reviews
Steely Dan chronology
The Royal Scam
(1976)		 Aja
(1977)		 Gaucho
(1980)

Aja (pronounced the same as "Asia") is an album by the rock band Steely Dan. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Gary Katz is an American record producer most famous for his work in that capacity on every Steely Dan album recorded during the first run of their career from Can't allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The Royal Scam is an album by Jazz rock group Steely Dan, originally released in 1976 Gaucho was Steely Dan's last album before the band's 10-year breakup from June 1981 to October 1991 Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The album was named after the Korean wife of Fagen's friend's brother. Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. Originally released in 1977, it became the group's best-selling album. Events Bohemian Rhapsody is named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI. Topping at #3 on the U. S. charts and #5 in the United Kingdom, it was the band's first platinum album, eventually going platinum twice. In July 1978, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences It has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In 2003, the album was ranked number 145 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published

The album is considered to be quite ambitious and sophisticated. The eight minute-long title track features complex jazz-based changes and a solo by renowned saxophonist Wayne Shorter, as well as dextrous drum work by drummer Steve Gadd -- most notably at the end of the tune. Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Rochester New York) is an American session and studio drummer notable for

Aja is also the subject of one of the Classic Albums series of documentaries about the making of famous albums. Classic Albums is a documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well known band or musician or that exemplify The documentary includes a song-by-song study of the album (the only one not reviewed is "I Got the News" -- which is actually played during the closing credits), interviews with Becker & Fagen (among others) plus live in the studio versions of songs from the album and the opportunity to hear some of the rejected (but not credited to protect the egos of the guilty) guitar solos for "Peg" before Jay Graydon produced the satisfactory take. " Peg " is a song by Rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1977 album Aja. Jay Graydon is a Los Angeles songwriter recording artist guitarist producer arranger and recording engineer

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Becker and Fagen.

  1. "Black Cow" – 5:10
  2. "Aja" – 7:57
  3. "Deacon Blues" – 7:37
  4. "Peg" – 3:57
  5. "Home at Last" – 5:34
  6. "I Got the News" – 5:06
  7. "Josie" – 4:33

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 3

Pop Singles

Year Single Label & number Position
1978 "Peg" (B-side: "I Got the News") ABC 12320 11
1978 "Deacon Blues" (B-side: "Home at Last") ABC 12355 19
1978 "Josie" (B-side: "Black Cow") ABC 12404 26

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1977 Aja Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical

In Popular Culture

New Jersey pop-punk band The Ergs! recorded a song called "Aja" on their EP Jersey's Best Prancers. " Deacon Blues " is a song by Steely Dan from their 1977 album Aja. " Peg " is a song by Rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1977 album Aja. Home at Last is a song by Steely Dan, and is the fifth track on their 1977 album Aja. Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Chuck Rainey, born Charles Walter Rainey III in Cleveland Ohio, is a Bass guitar player best known for playing with Steely Dan, Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947, in Oakland, California) is an American Bass guitar player and Singer Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. 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Dean Parks is a leading Studio musician and Guitarist from Los Angeles California, best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan Lee Mack "Captain Fingers" Ritenour (born January 11 1952) is an internationally acclaimed guitarist recording artist composer and producer Pete Christlieb (b February 16, 1945) is a Jazz Bebop, West Coast jazz and Hard bop Tenor saxophonist born The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s Chuck Findley (born Charles B Findley in Johnstown Pennsylvania in 1947 is an American session and Studio musician. Jim Horn is an American saxophonist. 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The popularity of the electric piano began to grow in the late 1960s, reaching its greatest height during the The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a Musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family Venetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Clydie King (born Clydie May Crittendon August 21, 1943 in Dallas, Texas) is an American singer best known for her session work Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952, in St Louis Missouri) is an American R&B / soul Singer and Songwriter Roger Nichols is a recording engineer best-known for his work with the group Steely Dan. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The song contained the lyrics: "I met a girl named Aja, she said her dad loved Steely Dan. Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. I laughed and asked her if her sister's name was Katy. " The song ends repeating those lyrics, but "Katy" is replaced with "Pretzel Logic", references to the Steely Dan albums Katy Lied and Pretzel Logic. Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, released in 1975 Pretzel Logic is the third Steely Dan Album, originally released in 1974

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