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1	Do It Again (Featuring Jeff Lorber and Warren Hill)
2	Peg (Featuring Doc Powell)
3	FM (No Static At All) (Featuring Jeff Lorber and Nick Kirgo)
4	Deacon Blues (Featuring Richard Elliot and Tony Guerrero)
5	Rikki Don't Lose That Number (Featuring Warren Hill)
6	Josie (Featuring Chieli Minucci and Dave Koz)
7	Bad Sneakers (Featuring Rogger Smith and Eddie M.)
8	Caves of Altimira (Featuring Michael Sims)
9	Hey Nineteen (Featuring Michael Lington and Tony Guerrero)
10	Reelin' in the Years (Featuring Eddie M. and Roger Smith)
11	Pearl of the Quarter (Featuring Steve Nieves and Jango)

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Steely Dan's seamless blend of pop and jazz influences has made them a staple of the smooth-jazz format, and many of the genre's top performers cite the band as a major influence. No Static At All stands as an all-star instrumental tribute to the band, with eight instantly recognizable "greatest hits" and three lesser-known gems. The oddities are a brass funk jam of "Bad Sneakers" (featuring Eddie M on sax and Roger Smith on keys), the haunting electric-guitar-driven moods exploring "The Caves of Altamira," and a dreamy, reflective take on "Pearl of the Quarter." The hit parade includes a percussive retro-soul reading of "Do It Again," featuring Warren Hill and Jeff Lorber (alternating between Hammond B-3 and Fender Rhodes). The energetic, simmering, blues-infused "Peg" features guitarist Doc Powell, and a soulful, throbbing "FM (No Static at All)" boasts Lorber and guitarist Nick Kirgo. "Deacon Blues" sasses with the sizzling horn textures of Richard Elliot and trumpeter Tony Guerrero, and "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number" is both breezy and hypnotic in Warren Hill's hands. "Josie" comes as an unlikely crackling rocker with Chieli Minucci on electric guitar, Nick Kirgo on rhythm guitar, and Dave Koz on sax. And "Hey Nineteen" gets a bubbly, tropical twist with Michael Lington and trumpeter Guerero. Appropriately referring to all the glorious time traveling, a swinging jam of "Reeling in the Years" marks a journey that never quite grows old, no matter the presentation. --Jonathan Widran

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Samson Music
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 11, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Samson Music
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00004T48K
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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- #15 in Pop Tributes
- #906 in Jazz (CDs & Vinyl)
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Wayne J. Ernst

Great remake of the songs

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2002

I don't understand how people can be so disappointed with this CD. It took me a little bit of time to warm up to it, but now I think this is a great CD. Granted, nothing will ever be able to replace Steely Dan. However, I thought the artists did a great job with the songs.
If you want to look at horrible tribute albums, check out Mary Lee's Corvette -- with her tribute to Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks album. I tried to give that album a chance, but man, was it horrible.

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Sir Charles Panther

No Spirit At All

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2009

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This was billed as an "instrumental tribute" to Steely Dan, and I bought on that. I thought it would be something like the absolutely outstanding jazz instrumental tribute from the Justin Morell Quintet (not available on Amazon.com, but at Napster), or even something like the Maestros of Cool SD tribute. I guess I should have paid a little closer attention to the artists, as that would have clued me in: this is a smooth-jazz SD album. The music is oh so smooth, easy, clean, clear, balanced, non-confrontational, non-threatening, and ultimately disappointing. In the end, there's just no oomph to this CD, no grit, no cynicism, no Santa Ana winds, no real SD mojo.

"Hey Nineteen" gets a rhythm makeover that makes it sound to me like a football cheer. "Reelin' in the Years" just plain grates with its sax arrangements and its vanilla chorus, closer to a hallelujah spiritual. "Peg" loses almost all of its original driving bass and is turned into an anthem for a soft-focus straw-hatted autumn tandem bike ride. "Rikki" gets so thick with the overlayed weepy-whiny saxophones that I was wondering when the overwrought Michael Bolton solo would slide in. "FM" loses all sense of its original message of the pure, unadulterated--and cool--refuge from the lame and mundane to become both lame and mundane. "Pearl of the Quarter's" arrangement is so Kenny G that I had to skip this track each time it came up.

"Caves of Altamira" was the biggest letdown, with all of the original's ballsy, fat, fat horn pump and drive replaced with a nylon-string guitar-led snoozer that would be perfect on the Sunday afternoon pool deck with some Velveeta nachos and a Zima by my side. All of the air is let of of this track, and it's a tragedy.

Bottom Line: If you love your local smooth-jazz station and have ever thought Steely Dan would be a lot more accessible if they'd just, y' know, tone it down a bit, then you've found the recording of your dreams. If you're a hard-core SD fan, this CD likely will let you down, as it's more schmaltz than tribute. If you're keen on divergent covers of your favorite tunes, this one does deliver somewhat, but the divergence is toward the smooooooth, clean, safe and radio-ready, and away from risk and adventure, and away from the true spirit of Steely Dan.

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Radio Long Ago

Pretty good...

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2014

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I actually liked it pretty well, certainly better than the other cd that is on the market with instrumental Steely Dan tunes. My favorites are "FM", "Deacon Blues", "Josie", "Caves of Altamira", and "Peg". Thought FM was kinda neat and bouncy in a way, Deacon Blues just so good to hear in an instrumental fashion...

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CharlieGreene

A "not very good done" great idea

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2007

So the concept is good, take a group of top notch jazz musicians and re-interpret (or as they say in the movies: re-imagine) the best songs by the legendary Steely Dan.
The problem is that there is no re-imagination. It's just playing the songs like in a hotel lobby bar.
It sounds like a walk in the park from these players, but without any tribute of sorts. What a waste on a great idea! Specially annoying is "Hey Nineteen".
If you want to hear a great example of an inspiring cover of the Dans, listen to (one time almost member of Steely Dan) Larry Carlton play Josie from his Standing on Solid Ground album. Now there's an example of how its done (just listen to the Kirk Whalum sax on this track).
Anyway, I would recommend this album to Danatics just to complement your collection.
Or pop it into your ipod and hear it at the dentist's while waiting for you appointment.

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Saxman

Steely Dan Tunes As Elevator Music

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2019

This album of Steely Dan covers is a Smooth Jazz horror. The sax is more Kenny G than Wayne Shorter. No. Just No. Elevator-ready and a great cure for insomnia. Smooth Jazz is just about dead and let's be grateful for that!

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Andrew Scott

A preety good tribute

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2000

this is a good one, but its not just the basic instruments, a little more hip, its kinda like a techno version, with no singing, but none the less its still Steely Dan and you can do anything to the song and it will still sound great. A must for any die hard fan like myself

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Terry L. Boots

The Lost Art of the Instrumental

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2001

There have been some rather harsh comments about this album being "mall music" (probably from, ironically, mall rats). What we have here is a collection of jazz interpretations of of songs that have become very familiar in our lives. Not the tedious, annoying presence of Phil Collins, but rather, brilliantly crafted tunes that hold together whether performed by the Dan or by others.
In the case of "No Static" the tunes are at once recognizable, and at the same time fresh performances by skilled musicians. However, this collection never reaches. The tunes are performed well within a very conservative comfort level. One wishes the artists had taken some risks with some of the material.
As it is, this is a great choice for sitting back and having a couple margaritas while the sun sets. Prior to the arrival of CorporateMusic, there were always intstrumental tunes like this on air somewhere. Whatever became of them?

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Chris S. Markham

Elevated or Elevator?

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2000

The production values are good, the choice of material is unassailable, but there doesn't appear to be any intensity or freshness in these recordings. There's plenty of opportunity in Becker/Fagen's music for interpretation, improvisation and play, but I found almost every cut just too safe, disappearing into mere background music. This unfortunately leaves me wanting the originals rather than being engaged by the new interpretations. This isn't a tribute, because it lacks any passion. Even static raises an emotion. This doesn't even irritate. Listening or party music? No. At the Bar, Mall or Hotel, sure, why not. If you're not just the biggest SD fan, pass on this and get the real deal in a greatest hits compilation.

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