懐かしい名盤 　Part157

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly

1982年作品。
Donald Fagen初のソロアルバム。
鮮麗されたこの作品、ロック、ジャズ、ポップスのファンに人気がありました。
定期的に聴いていますが、飽きませんね。
この作品は、最も巧みに製作されたアルバムの一つとして広く認識されており、日本人PAエンジニアの中には、設営の都度拡声装置の質を確かめるためにこのアルバムを利用しているようです。
それにしても、豪華なメンバーですね。

A1 I.G.Y (International Geophysical Year)
A2 Green Flower Street
A3 Ruby Baby
A4 Maxine
B1 New Frontier
B2 The Nightfly
B3 The Goodbye Look
B4 Walk Between Raindrops

Backing Vocals – Daniel Lazerus (tracks: A2), Frank Floyd (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Gordon Grody (tracks: A1), Leslie Miller (tracks: B4), Starz Vanderlocket (tracks: B1), Valerie Simpson (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B2, B3), Zack Sanders* (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: B1), Anthony Jackson (tracks: A1, A3), Chuck Rainey (tracks: A2), Marcus Miller (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Will Lee (tracks: B4)
Drums – Ed Green* (tracks: A4, B1), James Gadson (tracks: A1, A3), Jeff Porcaro (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B2, B3), Steve Jordan (tracks: B4)
Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker (tracks: A3, A4)
Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: A2, B3), Hugh McCracken (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Larry Carlton (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4), Rick Derringer (tracks: A2, B2), Steve Khan (tracks: B3)
Harmonica – Hugh McCracken (tracks: B1)
Percussion – Roger Nichols (tracks: A1), Starz Vanderlocket (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B3)
Percussion [Sequencing, Special Effect & Wendel I I] – Roger Nichols
Piano – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, B3), Michael Omartian (tracks: A3, B1, B2)
Saxophone – Dave Tofani (tracks: A1, A4), Michael Brecker (tracks: A1, A3, A4), Ronnie Cuber (tracks: A1, A4)
Synthesizer – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: B3, B4), Rob Mounsey (tracks: A1, A2, b2)
Trombone – Dave Bargeron (tracks: A1)
Trumpet – Randy Brecker (tracks: A1, A3)