Steely Dan 1977 Aja (album)

Studio album by Steely Dan
Released  September 23, 1977
Recorded  January–July 1977 at Village Recorders, West 
Genre  Jazz rock
Length  39:58
Label  ABC
Producer  Gary Katz
Steely Dan chronology
The Royal Scam

Donald [bad word] has said the title of the [bad word] from the name of a Korean woman who married the brother of a high-school friend of his.[2] The cover photo by Hideki Fujii features Japanese model/actress Sayoko Yamaguchi.[3][4]

Track listing

All songs written by Walter Becker and Donald [bad word] 

Side one

01    "Black Cow" – 5:10
02    "Aja" – 7:57
03    "Deacon Blues" – 7:37

Side two

04    "Peg" – 3:57
05    "Home at Last" – 5:34
06    "I Got the News" – 5:06
 07   "Josie" – 4:33

Personnel

    Donald [bad word] – synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, whistle
    Walter Becker – bass, guitar
    Chuck Rainey – bass
    Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals
    Paul Griffin – keyboards, electric piano, vocals, background vocals
    Don Grolnick – keyboards, clavinet
    Michael Omartian – piano, keyboards
    Joe Sample – keyboards, electric piano, clavinet
    Victor Feldman – percussion, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vibraphone
    Larry Carlton – guitar
    Denny Dias – guitar
    Jay Graydon – guitar
    Steve Khan – guitar
    Dean Parks – guitar
    Lee Ritenour – guitar
    Pete Christlieb – flute, tenor saxophone
    Chuck Findley – horn, brass
    Jim Horn – flute, saxophone
    Richard "Slyde" Hyde – trombone
    Plas Johnson – flute, saxophone
    Jackie Kelso – flute, horn, saxophone
    Lou McCreary – brass
    Bill Perkins – flute, horn, saxophone
    Tom Scott – conductor, flute, tenor saxophone, lyricon
    Wayne Shorter – flute, tenor saxophone
    Bernard Purdie – [bad word] ("Home at Last", "Deacon Blues")
    Steve Gadd – [bad word] ("Aja")
    Ed Greene – [bad word] ("I Got the News")
    Paul Humphrey – [bad word] ("Black Cow")
    Jim Keltner – percussion, [bad word] ("Josie")
    Rick Marotta – [bad word] ("Peg")
    Gary Coleman – percussion
    Venetta Fields – background vocals
    Clydie King – background vocals
    Rebecca Louis – background vocals
    Sherlie Matthews – background vocals
    Michael McDonald – background vocals