Donald Fagen releases his first solo album : ‘The Nightfly’ featuring ‘New Frontier’ (1982)

Donald Fagen‘s ‘The Nightfly’ is his first solo album after Steely Dan, released on October 29, 1982 by Warner Bros.

WATCH
RVM prescreen
RVM prescreen

1 . New Frontier

LISTEN

Track Listing : 1.I.G.Y. (Donald Fagen) – 06:03 . 2.Green Flower Street (Donald Fagen) – 03:42 . 3.Ruby Baby (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Arranged By Donald Fagen) (Donald Fagen) – 05:39 . 4.Maxine (Donald Fagen) – 03:49 . 5.New Frontier (Donald Fagen) – 06:21 . 6.The Nightfly (Donald Fagen) – 05:47 . 7.The Goodbye Look (Donald Fagen) – 04:50 . 8.Walk Between Raindrops (Donald Fagen) – 02:38


Rocky Morton

Musicians : Donald Fagen – Organ, Synthesizer, Synth-Harmonica, Keyboards, Electric Piano, Vocals, Background Vocals . Dave Bargeron – Trombone, Euphonium, Horn, Background Vocals . Michael Brecker – Tenor Saxophone . Randy Brecker – Trumpet, Flugelhorn . Larry Carlton – Guitar . Ronnie Cuber – Horn, Baritone Saxophone . Rick Derringer – Guitar . James Gadson – Drums . Ed Greene – Drums . Gordon Grody – Vocals, Background Vocals . Anthony Jackson – Bass . Steve Jordan – Drums . Steve Khan – Acoustic Guitar . Abraham Laboriel – Bass . Will Lee – Bass . Hugh Mccracken – Guitar, Harmonica . Marcus Miller – Bass . Rob Mounsey – Synthesizer, Horn, Keyboards . Roger Nichols – Percussion, Special Effects . Michael Omartian – Piano, Keyboards, Electric Piano . Dean Parks – Guitar . Greg Phillinganes – Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer Bass . Jeff Porcaro – Drums . Chuck Rainey – Bass . David Tofani – Horn, Alto Saxophone . Paul Shaffer – Organ . Starz Vanderlocket – Percussion, Background Vocals . Zachary Sanders -Background Vocals . Valerie Simpson – Background Vocals . Daniel Lazerus – Background Vocals . Frank “Harmonica Frank” Floyd – Background Vocals . Leslie Miller – Background Vocals

Production : Produced By Gary Katz . Elliot Scheiner – Engineer, Mix Down, Mixing . Daniel Lazerus – Engineer, Overdub Engineer . Roger Nichols – Engineer . Robin Lane – Assistant Engineer . Robin Lane & The Chartbusters – Assistant Engineer . Cheryl Smith – Assistant Engineer . Mike Morongell – Assistant Engineer . Wayne Yurgelun – Assistant Engineer . Bob Ludwig – Mastering

Package : George Delmerico – Art Direction . Greg Allen – Art Direction . James Hamilton – Photography

Video Director(s) : Rocky Morton asterisques RVM for “New Frontier”

Recorded 1981-82 At Soundworks Digital Audio/Video Recording Studios, N.Y., Village Recorders, L.A. And Automated Sound, N.Y.

ReleasedOn October 29, 1982 By Warner Bros..

(Source Donald Fagen – The Nightfly | Donald Fagen @ Facebook)

Donald Fagen
READ

All About Jazz
Fagen’s music, rather than sounding of any particular time, seems to feel comfortable in any post-1970s period, but its especially true of The Nightfly, with its avoidance of the cheesy synthesizer tones that now dates so many 1980s albums. […]

Blogcritics
The Nightfly remains Fagen’s solo masterpiece, an album that still entrances with its jazz and rock mix, complex lyricsand contradictory philosophies (namely optimism versus pessimism). In other words, The Nightfly contains all the elements that make it a modern classic. […]

Sputnikmusic.com
Like the International Space Station above us, The Nightfly continues to orbit as an unknown entity worthy of more praise than one might have you believe. […]

BUY

Donald Fagen‘s ‘The Nightfly’ | RVM RadioVideo.Music

AMAZON . ITUNES . CD UNIVERSE .