The artists' roster

Over the course of seven "original" albums, two solo albums by Donald, one by Walter and now the live Alive In America album, our heroes have managed to chew their way through 139 different performers. Who are these brave souls, you ask? Here is a list, derived from album covers, with hypertext links to all I could find. If you know of other Web pages, or Internet connections, please mail me your suggestions.

ARTIST	APPEARANCES
Donald Fagen	11
Walter Becker	10
Victor Feldman	7
Denny Dias	6
Dean Parks	6
Chuck Rainey	6
Larry Carlton (also this)	5
Sherlie Matthews	5
Rick Derringer	4
Michael McDonald	4
Michael Omartian	4
Jeff Porcaro	4
Three appearances (17): Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Randy Brecker, Ronny Cuber, Frank Floyd, Paul Griffin, Don Grolnick, Jim Hodder, Steve Khan, Clydie King, Hugh McCracken, Rick Marotta, Bernard Purdie, Elliott Randall, Catherine Russell, Tim Schmit (not sure about this one... anyone know?), Dave Tofani, Brenda White-King.
Two appearances (24): Ben Benayh, Michael Brecker, Cornelius Bumpus, Gary Coleman, Wilton Felder, Vanetta Fields, Steve Gadd, Diane Garisto, Gordon Grody, Anthony Jackson, Plas Johnson, Myrna Matthews, Leslie Miller, Rob Mounsey, David Paich, David Palmer, Jerome Richardson, Joe Sample, Zack Sanders, Tom Scott, Bob Sheppard, Valerie Simpson, Georg Wadenius, Ernie Watts.
One appearance (84): Wayne Andre, Patti Austin, Dave Bargeron, Tom Barney, John Beasley, Crusher Bennett, Warren Bernhardt, Hal Blaine, Ray Brown, Hiram Bullock, Dennis Chambers, Pete Christlieb, Leroy Clouden, Pauliuho Da Costa, Illinois Elohainu, Fima Ephron, Peter Erskine, Lawrence Feldman, Michael Fenelly, Bob Findley, Chuck Findley, James Gadson, Jim Gordon, Diva Gray, Jay Graydon, Ed Greene, Lani Groves, Patricia Hall, Amy Helm, Jim Horn, Paul Humphrey, Slyde Hyde, Bashiri Johnson, Birch Johnson, Royce Jones, Steve Jordan, Mindy Jostyn, Walter Kane, Jim Keltner, Curtis King, John Klemmer, Mark Knopfler, Abraham Laboriel, Daniel Lazerus, Will Lee, Rebecca Louis, Lew McCreary, Dennis McDermott, Ralph McDonald, George Marge, Lou Marini, Nicholas Marrero, Marcus Miller, Ollie Mitchell, Lanny Morgan, Jenni Muldaur, Roger Nichols, Christopher Parker, Angela Clemmon Patrick, Jon Papenbrook, Bruce Paulson, Bill Perkins, Ben Perowsky, Greg Phillinganes, Chris Potter, Jim Pugh, Patrick Rebillot, Lee Ritenour, Adam Rogers, James Rolleston, Roger Rosenberg, James Rotella, Alan Rubin, David Sanborn, Wayne Shorter, Dian Sorel, Fonzie Thornton, Starz Vanderlocket, Bill Ware III, Carolyn Willis, Toni Wine, Phil Woods, Snooky Young, Drew Zingg.

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