Steely Dan

Steely Dan - Shuffle Diplomacy At The Acropolis, July 9, 2011, The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2nd Night - 2011 - A Damnjim/WombBoy Production

If Steely Dan, a group whose sardonic and cerebral word play is most closely matched by the literacy of Elvis Costello and whose jazz musicianship is worthy of a headlining slot at the Village Vanguard or Blue Note, seem an unlikely act to have a crowd grooving in the aisles, it’s just the continuation of a remarkable three-decade run in which they’ve confounded casual listeners and industry experts alike. While once considered unlikely to be rock radio stars or an in-demand touring act, the Steely Dan of today is both, and still doing it all in the band’s own inimitable way. © 2011 The Hollywood Reporter. All rights reserved by & © Steve Baltin 4:38 PM PDT 7/9/2011 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/steely-dan-at-greek-theater-209442

The previous night at the Greek, Steely Dan had played the entire classic "Aja" album (which is now an official selection of the Library of Congress for its National Recording Registry) along with a few old favourites, and Steely Dan also played “You Got The Bear", which Donald introduced as a song originally written for their "Aja" album. Now if only these guys would include tracks like "The Second Arrangement" in their repertoire, it would make a lot of people very happy. This second night concert from 9/9/11 by the "Jazz-Rock Ambassadors to the Galaxy" was advertised as the first "Vox Populi" night of the Shuffle Diplomacy Twenty Eleven Tour. All but three of the tracks played are regular band numbers. Steely Dan have released some of the best jazz rock music of the last four decades, and hopefully a new studio album by Don will arrive soon. Steely Dan have only released one official live album, "Alive In America", which is full of studio enhancements. "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with guests Steely Dan" is a live album but regarded as a McPartland release. The three best "unoff" Steely Dan live albums are "Memphis Blues Again", and "Live At The Record Plant", both from the 1970's and "Live At The Wembley Arena" from the '90's. Outside these releases there are many other concert recordings, but most are of atrocious sound quality. This concert from the Greek, LA is of better quality than most other Dan "unoffs" but unless you are a Steely Dan afficianado, you may not be interested. [All tracks @ 160 Kbps: 2 x rar files (2 separate CD's): Combined files' size = 140 Mb]

TRACKS / COMPOSERS

CD ONE

Dizzy's Bidness aka Dizzy's Business
Aja
Black Friday
Hey 19
Your Gold Teeth
FM
Time Out Of Mind
Show Biz Kids
Bodhisattva

CD TWO

Dirty Work / Wade In The Water
Babylon Sisters
Neighbor's Daughter /Band Intros
Josie
Peg
Reelin' In The Years
My Old School
Do It Again
Kid Charlemagne
Last Tango In Paris

All tracks by W.Becker & D.Fagen except "Dizzy's Bidness aka Dizzy's Business" by Ernie Wilkins, "Wade In The Water" by John Wesley Work II & Frederick J. Work, "Neighbor's Daughter" by Allen Toussaint, "Band Intros" by Walter Becker, and "Last Tango In Paris" by Gato Barbieri

MUSICIANS

The Miles High Big Band are -
Donald Fagen - Keyboards, Vocals
Walter Becker - Guitar
Jon Herington - Guitar
Freddie Washington - Bass
Jim Beard - Keyboards
Keith Carlock - Drums
Roger Rosenberg - Baritone Saxophone
Walt Weiskopf - Saxophone
Michael Leonhart - Trumpet
Jim Pugh - Trombone
The Embassy Brats: Catherine Russell, Cindy Mizelle, Carolyn Leonhart-Escoffery - Backing Vocals