“Doctor Wu” by Steely Dan

"Doctor Wu" sits on Katy Lied, the fourth Steely Dan album, which ABC released in March 1975, the first record the band made after they quit touring. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen wrote and arranged it, Gary Katz produced, and Roger Nichols engineered.

The credits run deep. Fagen plays piano and keyboards, Becker plays guitar and bass, with Wilton Felder and Chuck Rainey also on bass, Jeff Porcaro handles drums and percussion, Victor Feldman adds vibraphone and percussion, and Phil Woods blows alto saxophone. It's the sound of a band that had traded the stage for the studio and meant to use every hour of it, and Katy Lied went on to be certified gold.

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