Steely Dan is the jazz fusion duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagan. In order to understand much of todays modern day music, we have to look back at the roots of everything. For me this is the bare bones jazz, blues, and funk that went from the 30s and 40s swing era into the early 80s with Herbie Hancock. Steely Dan has been sampled by many modern artists, especially MF Doom, who used a ton of Steely Dan samples throughout his career and you can hear Steely Dan in alot of his instrumentals from the Herbs and Spices instrumental albums he has out. Some of their stuff is absolute gold with great piano and guitar playing that epitomizes the shift in jazz and funk over the years from the brass and piano to more electronic sounding music with guitars and synthesizers. Here are some tunes off Two Against Nature (2000) and Cant Buy a Thrill (1972).
Cousin Dupree (Two Against Nature)
Reelin' in the Years (Cant Buy a Thrill)
Dirty Work (Cant Buy a Thrill)
Do it Again (Cant Buy a Thrill)
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