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Steve Gadd Discusses Playing On Steely Dan's "Aja"

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In this clip, prolific session drummer Steve Gadd discusses playing on the Steely Dan track "Aja", as well as his warm-up routine, and where he gets ideas for grooves. Full Video: https://youtu.be/j8762lBtu9A?si=1V09AbTgEYkuVxnx 📚The Beato Ultimate Bundle — $99 FOR ALL OF Rick's Courses. Get it here: ⇢ https://rickbeato.com 👂— The Beato Ear Training Program - $99.00 value 📘— The Beato Book Interactive - $99.00 value 🎸 — Beato Beginner Guitar - $159.00 value 🎸— The Quick Lessons Pro Guitar Course - $79.00 value … all for just $99.00 Get it here: https://rickbeato.com Upcoming Live Dates: NYC - Oct 17 - https://livemu.sc/3CdE3pD Berlin, Germany - October 28 at Passionskirche. https://www.ticketmaster.de/event/rick-beato-tickets/509329 My Beato Club supporters: Justin Scott Terence Mark Farren Mahjoor Jason Murray Lucienne Kilpatrick Alexander Young Jason Wagner Todd Ladner Rob Kline Nicholas Long Tim Benson Leonardo Martins da Costa Rodrigues Eddie Perez David Solomon MICHAEL JOYCE Stephen Stubbs colin stead Jonathan Wentworth-Linton Patrick Payne MATTHEW KARIS Matthew Barouch Shaun Samuels Danny Kurywchak Gregory Reedy Sean Coleman Alexander Verbitskiy CL Turner Jason Pappafotis John Fulford Margaret Carno Robert C David M Combs Eric Flatt Reto Spoerli Herr Moritz Adam Monte St. Johns Jon Beezley Peter DeVault Eric Nabstedt Eric Beggs Rich Germano Brian Bloom Peter Pillitteri



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Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and most highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1984. Gadd's performances on Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (1976) and "Late in the Evening" (1980), Herbie Mann's "Hi-jack" (1975) and Steely Dan's "Aja" (1977) are examples of his style. He has worked with other popular musicians f...

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