Donald Fagen was among the two masterminds at the rear of Steely Dan, the seminal jazz-pop music group from the ’70s. Fagen’s single function is a continuation from the band’s function of the first ’80s — thoroughly constructed and organized, intricately comprehensive pop songs which are bigger than their stylish …

Along with his husky, soulful baritone, Michael McDonald became perhaps one of the most distinctive and popular vocalists to emerge from the laid-back California pop/rock and roll scene from the later ’70s. McDonald discovered the middle surface between blue-eyed spirit and smooth, gentle rock and roll, an audio that produced …

Walter Becker (b. Feb 20, 1950) created a musical collaboration with Donald Fagen (b. January 10, 1948) when both had been college students at Bard University in the 1960s. These were members of the late release of Jay & the People in america in 1969 and had been sponsored by …

My Desert Isle list, each is through the 70s and 80s. A unfortunate commentary on either the existing condition of music or the existing condition of my hearing likes. It leaves out a whole lot (aside from the 90s), but I possibly could manage. ~ Ross Boissoneau The list: Nick …

Meredith Erlewine may be the girl of GUITARIST columnist Daniel Erlewine. She actually is a junior at Ohio College or university, a bicyclist, and a fan of live music. Desert Isle Picks The Beatles David Bowie The Rolling Rocks Phish Bob Dylan Neil Youthful Mudhoney Public Foe The Grateful Deceased …

Luigi Santosuosso’s Desert Isle List (alphabetically ordered): Pino Daniele- Nero a meta’ Kilometers Davis- Sort of Blue Kilometers Davis- Nefertiti Kilometers Davis- Inside a Silent Method Donald Fagen- The Nightfly Expenses Frisell- Where in the Globe? Don Grolnick- Weaver of Dreams Arto Lindsay- Mundo Civilizado Charles Mingus- Mingus Mingus Mingus …

A versatile music group that pulls from funk and electronic dance aswell as indie rock and roll, Chin Chin emerged from your fertile Williamsburg picture in Brooklyn, NY, and because of their concert events aswell as their recordings, became an overnight favourite among critics. Created in 2001, Chin Chin at …

Todd Rundgren’s best-known music — the Carole Ruler pastiche “We Found the Light,” the ballads “Hi there, It’s Me personally” and “May We BE Friends,” as well as the goofy novelty “Bang for the Drum ALL DAY LONG” — claim that he’s a talented pop craftsman, but only that. Using …

Bassist Anthony Jackson stands among the masters from the device. The ubiquitous sideman’s exhaustive discography spans many styles’ of music. An academician,his tenacious study into the roots from the bass resulted in the invention from the six-string contrabass,several years before five-string basses became well-known. He also offers the variation of …

Though that they had a couple of hits over the 1960s, Jay & the Americans were a throwback to a previous era within their doo wop-influenced vocals, neatly groomed, short-haired appearance, and mixture of pop/rock and roll with operatic schmaltz. Constructed round the neck-bulging upper-register vocals of David Blatt aka …