[Dixielandjazz] East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

[Bill Haesler]

Bob Romans wrote:
> What a great tune...done by Steely Dan yet!
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-al-Emb9TY

Dear Bob,,
That's a new one for me.
Thank you.
Steely Dan is only a band name to me and I can't recall ever having listened to its music.
This from the Wikipedea site may be of interest:

"Steely Dan returned with their third LP, Pretzel Logic, in early 1974, a diverse set that produced "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", which reached #4 on the Billboard chart. The piano riff for "Rikki" was lifted directly from the title track to Song for My Father by hard bop pianist Horace Silver. The album also included their note-for-note rendition of Duke Ellington and James "Bubber" Miley's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo." This is Steely Dan's only instrumental, their only song to feature a banjo, and the only song on which Fagen is credited with playing the saxophone (he also plays the piano solo)."

Released	March 2, 1974
Recorded: October 1973-January 1974 at The Village Recorder, West Los Angeles and Cherokee Studios, Chatsworth, California
Label ABC
"Pretzel Logic is the third studio album by the American jazz-rock band Steely Dan, originally released in 1974. The album's opening song, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", became the band's biggest hit, reaching #4 on the charts soon after the release of the album.[4] The album itself went gold, and then platinum, reaching #8 on the charts.[5] The album was also highly regarded critically, appearing near the top of several end-of-year polls including the number one slot on NME Album of the Year and the number two spot on the Village Voice end-of-year list compiled by Robert Christgau.[6] In 2003, it was placed at number 385 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Steely Dan was still considered a true “group” at the time this, their third album, was released; in addition to core members Walter Becker andDonald Fagen, guitarists Jeff “Skunk” Baxter and Denny Dias and drummer Jim Hodder (as well as multi-instrumentalist Victor Feldman) had appeared on both previous Steely Dan releases along with a host of session aces; all five appeared on the inside cover of the album, though Hodder was replaced on drums by Jim Gordon and Jeff Porcaro for the recordings (Hodder did, however, contribute backing vocals to "Parker's Band")."

You probably didn't need to know any of that as the fine performance speaks for itself.
Very kind regards,
Bill.