Glamour Profession: A Chat with The Bassists & Drummers of Steely Dan

A Zoom conference held by the Berklee Bass Department on November 24th, 2020 with the bassists (Chuck Rainey, Anthony Jackson, Tom Barney, Freddie Washington) and drummers (Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd, Dennis Chambers, Keith Carlock) of Steely Dan. The moderators are bass department chairs Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten.

Approximate Timestamps:
0:00:00 Jamming to Kid Charlemagne
0:01:56 Introduction
0:05:13 Steve Gadd intro
0:06:30 Bernard Purdie intro
0:09:37 Keith Carlock intro
0:12:21 Tom Barney intro
0:13:39 Freddie Washington intro
0:22:49 Purdie and Rainey on Working with Steely Dan
0:33:32 Chuck Rainey's Daily Routine
0:35:19 Jamming to Glamour Profession
0:36:48 Anthony Jackson on Glamour Profession
0:44:35 Steve Gadd on Aja
0:50:51 Jamming to Aja
0:52:07 Playing the Aja Drum Solo Live
1:05:17 Anthony Jackson on Working with Steely Dan
1:08:16 Elliott Schiener Joins the Call
1:14:14 Elliott Schiener on Mixing The Nightfly
1:15:42 In-studio Conductor Gary Khan
1:18:24 Elliott Schiener on The Second Arrangement
1:22:55 Chuck Rainey on Jeff Porcaro and Peg
1:32:17 Jamming to Babylon Sisters
1:25:29 Anthony Jackson's Lost Gaucho Bassline
1:48:08 Elliott Schiener on Mixing Drums and Bass
1:54:02 Bernard Purdie's Signs
2:01:28 Tom Barney on Two Against Nature
2:08:54 Steve Gadd and Bernard Purdie Leave
2:10:33 Keith Carlock on Walter's Bass playing
2:13:06 Freddie Washington's Words of Wisdom
2:14:19 Chuck Rainey's Words of Wisdom
2:15:38 Elliott Schiener's Words of Wisdom
2:17:27 Tom Barney's Words of Wisdom
2:22:16 Anthony Jackson's Words of Wisdom
2:25:40 Dennis Chambers' Words of Wisdom
2:30:30 Keith Carlock's Words of Wisdom
2:36:10 Victor Wooten's Words of Wisdom
2:47:10 Happy Birthday and Goodbye

enjoy :)


-Team TDV