I respectfully submit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG2seugAgnUSteely Dan 'Aja' 1977, ABC Records
'Modified prewar song form, mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while'.
A masterpiece to musicians, especially studio cats with serious jazz and blues chops.
Consider:
Chuck Rainey
Michael Omartian
Joe Sample
Victor Feldman
Denny Dias
Dean Parks
Steve Kahn
Lee Ritenour
Chuck Findley
Steve Gadd! (a legendary studio story there on that drum solo with Shorter on the tenor/drum section in two parts)
Wayne Shorter!
Larry Carlton!
and Becker and Fagen are just some of the players on this track - those are the best of the best at that time - you can't make a record like this anymore...no one could afford it!
Altered tensions, open voicings, brilliantly engineered (grammy), killer assonance etc etc
I hope you enjoy it : )