When his contract with Island ended, Isaacs returned in 1984 with the " Kool Ruler Come Again " single, and began a period of prolific recording, working with producers including Prince Jammy, Hugh " Redman " James, Bobby Digital, Tad Dawkins and Steely & Clevie, maintaining a consistent standard despite the volume of work produced.

* Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: " Steely Water " ( FECD145 )

Besides his work with Toto, he also performed as a session musician with artists such as Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Willy DeVille, Jackson Browne, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Jackson, Go West, Nik Kershaw, Love and Money, Paul Simon, Don Henley, Madonna, Airplay, Al Jarreau, George Benson, the Manhattan Transfer, America, Peter Frampton, the Bee Gees, Tom Scott, Michael McDonald, Amy Holland, Joe Cocker, Stan Getz, Sérgio Mendes, Lee Ritenour, Christopher Cross, James Newton-Howard, Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh, Jim Messina, Poco, Exile, the Four Tops, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Les Dudek, Gerry Sack, Warren Zevon, Bonnie Raitt, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Roger Hodgson, Paul Anka, Eric Carmen, Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Tommy Bolin, Larry Carlton, Mari Iijima and Seals & Crofts.

Potter has released over 15 albums as a leader and performed as a sideman on more than 150 CD's with many leading musicians including Red Rodney, Marian McPartland, Patricia Barber, Kenny Werner, the Mingus Big Band, Paul Motian, Ray Brown, Jim Hall, James Moody, Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Wayne Krantz, Mike Mainieri, Steve Swallow, Steely Dan, Dave Holland, Joanne Brackeen, Adam Rogers and many more.

He also played on Frank Zappa's 1977 album Zappa in New York, and has worked with a diverse range of artists such as Dionne Warwick, Maureen McGovern, Deodato, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Aerosmith, the Buddy Rich Big Band, and the Woody Herman Orchestra.

In 1976, he moved to New York to become a noted studio musician, arranger and producer for a wide range of well-known artists, including Rihanna, Aaron Neville, Michael Franks, Carly Simon, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Steely Dan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Chaka Khan, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Diana Ross, Donald Fagen, Brian Wilson, Aztec Camera and countless others.

* A 1977 song by Steely Dan on the Aja album, referring to the root beer float.

It fell out of fashion for a while in the middle 1980s, principally due to the emergence of polyphonic and later digital synthesizers, but has enjoyed a huge resurgence of popularity since the 1990s — with contemporary artists highlighting the instrument, including Radiohead, Portishead, The Album Leaf, D ' Angelo, Erykah Badu, Chick Corea, Jamiroquai, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, The Doors and Stevie Wonder.

The first use of a subwoofer in a recording session was in 1973 for mixing the Steely Dan album Pretzel Logic when recording engineer Roger Nichols arranged for Kreisel to bring a prototype of his subwoofer to Village Recorders.

As one of the two major concert venues in Memphis, past acts have included the likes of R. E. M., Phish, 311, The Black Crowes, Fall Out Boy, Journey, New Kids on the Block, O. A. R., Pat Benatar, Smashing Pumpkins, Steely Dan, and Willie Nelson.

Victor Feldman played the marimba on several of Steely Dan's early albums.

( What a Beautiful World )" is a track on Steely Dan founding member Donald Fagen's 1982 album, The Nightfly.

* The song " Babylon Sisters " by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen from the Steely Dan album " Gaucho " ( 1980 ) has the refrain " Here come those Santa Ana winds again.

Daniel Amos succeeded in landing a recording and performance contract, and quickly recorded their first song for the label, Taylor's " Ain't Gonna Fight It " featuring ace sessionplayer Michael Omartian ( Steely Dan ) on Rhodes.

King ; Boz Skaggs ; Huey Lewis and the News ; Steely Dan ; ZZ Top ; Chris Isaak ; Bonnie Raitt ; The Moody Blues ; Willie Nelson ; Alan Jackson ; Crosby, Stills & Nash ; Faith Hill ; Chicago ; Crosby, Stills & Nash ; The Fray ; Chicago ; Sugarland ; Faith Hill ; ZZ Top ; Sheryl Crow ; REO Speedwagon ; Heart ; Kansas ; Pat Benatar ; Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ; Al Green ; Coldplay ; Bob Weir ; and many others.

* Donald Fagen ( born 1948 ), a musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder of the rock band Steely Dan.

2008's season featured The New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops Orchestra, Steely Dan, the Allman Brothers, and sold-out performances by the Jonas Brothers and the last concert of the season, featuring Heart, Journey, and Cheap Trick.

Shortly afterwards, they recorded their first demo tape at the now defunct Cherokee Ranch Studios in Northridge where Steely Dan recently had completed an album.

The band Steely Dan's 2009 tour of the United States was named the " Rent Party 09 " tour.

After rumors that Steely Dan producer Gary Katz would produce the project came and went, the album eventually reached stores in September 1998.

Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, The Lovin ' Spoonful's John Sebastian, The Beach Boys ' Brian Wilson, The Who's Roger Daltrey, Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, and Michael Nesmith of The Monkees each achieved chart success only once as solo artists, but are all well known for their contributions to music through their respective bands.

Steely Dan is an American rock band consisting of core members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.

Steely Dan's " cerebral, wry and eccentric " lyrics, often filled with sharp sarcasm, touch upon such themes as drugs, love affairs, and crime.

Steely Dan toured from 1972 to 1974, but in 1975 became a purely studio-based act.

In 1993, the group resumed playing live concerts ; later Steely Dan released two albums of new material, the first of which earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

In 1976, Steely Dan guitarist Dean Parks used a talk box during a solo in " Haitian Divorce ", on the album The Royal Scam.

This collection features approximately twenty-five tracks, and is notable for its stripped down production and decidedly lo-fi nature ( many songs are just Fagen and his piano ), in contrast to future Steely Dan works.

Although some of these songs (" Caves of Altamira ", " Brooklyn ", " Barrytown ") were re-recorded for Steely Dan albums, the majority of them were never officially released.

He occasionally did production work for other artists, as did Becker: one credit was British group China Crisis, who were strongly influenced by Steely Dan.

Steely Dan are famous for their use of chord sequences and harmonies that explore the area of musical tension between traditional pop sounds and jazz.

Other common chords used by Steely Dan include slash chords for example B / C or E-7 / A.

Jeff Baxter ( of Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers fame ) also claims to have sat in ( as have others ) on bass for The Blue Flame on a few occasions.

** Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner & Roger Nichols ( engineers ) for Aja performed by Steely Dan

** Al Schmitt & Roger Nichols ( engineers ) for " FM ( No Static At All )" performed by Steely Dan

Steely Dan was the biggest winner winning three awards including Album of the Year for Two Against Nature.

Elliot Scheiner, Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols ( engineers / mixers ), Donald Fagen, Walter Becker ( producers ) & Steely Dan for Two Against Nature

** Dave Russell, Elliot Scheiner, Phil Burnett & Roger Nichols ( engineers ) for Two Against Nature performed by Steely Dan

** Steely Dan for " Cousin Dupree "

* Larry Carlton ( born 1948 ), studio guitarist most known for working with Steely Dan, the Crusaders and Joni Mitchell in the 1970s

** Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner, Jerry Garszva & Roger Nichols ( engineers ) for Gaucho performed by Steely Dan

Some well-known soul jazz recordings are Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder ( 1963 ), Herbie Hancock's " Cantaloupe Island " ( 1964 ) ( which was popularized further when sampled by US3 on " Cantaloop ( Flip Fantasia )"), Horace Silver's " Song for My Father " ( 1964 ) ( quoted by Steely Dan in their " Rikki Don't Lose That Number "), Ramsey Lewis's " The In Crowd " ( a top-five hit in 1965 ), and Cannonball Adderley's " Mercy, Mercy, Mercy " ( 1966 ) ( also popularized further when covered as a top 40 pop song by The Buckinghams ).

* Roger " The Immortal " Nichols ( recording engineer ), noted for his work with Steely Dan

Her final album of predominantly original material was Walk the Dog and Light the Light ( 1993 ), her last album for Columbia, which was co-produced by Gary Katz, best known for his work with Steely Dan.