•
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, backing vocals,
Fender Rhodes (1, 2, 4, 9), acoustic piano (6, 7),
organ (6),
melodica (8) • Ted Baker – acoustic piano (2, 5),
Wurlitzer electric piano (3, 6), Fender Rhodes (7, 8) •
Hugh McCracken – guitars (1–3, 9) •
Wayne Krantz – guitars (1–3, 6–9), guitar solo (4, 5) •
Frank Vignola – guitars (1), guitar tag solo (9) •
Jon Herington – guitar solo (1, 2, 9), guitars (3–8), guitar chorus solo (9) • Ken Emerson – guitars (3) • Ken Wessel – guitar solo (6) •
Freddie Washington – bass (1–3, 5–9) •
Harlan Post Jr. –
acoustic bass (7) • Brian Montgomery – remedial bass (9) •
Keith Carlock – drums (1–3, 5–9) •
Phonus Quaver –
vibraphone (1, 5, 8, 9),
marimba (1, 4, 9) • Gordon Gottlieb – percussion (2, 4, 6, 7) •
Bashiri Johnson – percussion (4) • Joe Pasaro – percussion (5) • Jennifer Battista, Eddie Jackson, Camille Meza and Candice Predham – handclaps (6) •
Walt Weiskopf –
tenor saxophone (1, 2, 7, 9), tenor sax solo (1, 2),
alto saxophone (4, 5) • Roger Rosenberg –
baritone saxophone (2, 4, 5),
bass clarinet (7) • Lawrence Feldman –
clarinet (2), tenor saxophone (4, 5),
flute (7) •
Illinois Elohainu – flutes (8) • Mark Patterson –
trombone (4, 5, 7) •
Marvin Stamm –
trumpet (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), trumpet solo (5) •
Howard Levy –
harmonica (3, 7), harmonica solo (3) • Jerry Barnes – backing vocals (1, 5, 9) • Michael Harvey – backing vocals (1, 6, 9) •
Amy Helm – backing vocals (3) •
Carolyn Leonhart – backing vocals (3, 8) • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (3) : * Harlan Post Jr., Phonus Quaver and Illinois Elohainu are pseudonyms for Fagen himself when he plays an instrument sample patch on a synthesizer trying to replicate the actual instrument. == Production ==