Home / Music / 42 session musicians played on Steely Dan's GauchoMusic linernotes album music steely-dan42 session musicians played on Steely Dan's GauchoSteely Dan used at least 42 different session musicians on Gaucho. That’s more players than most pit orchestras — and explains why the album took so long to record. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesAja became Steely Dan's highest-charting album at No. 3 on the Billboard 200Two Against Nature went Platinum 20 years into Steely Dan's careerTwo Against Nature won four Grammys, including Album of the YearSteely Dan's Two Against Nature ended a 20-year studio silenceSteely Dan name-checks Duke Ellington on Pretzel LogicExploreCocteau Twins' Treasure ranked among the best albums of the 80s by Slant and NMEAutechre's Tri Repetae hit the US as a double-disc bundle on Wax Trax!Grimes recorded Visions on GarageBand in her Montreal apartment over three weeksFive songs from West of Rome ended up on a tribute albumYs was recorded in three distinct stages by three different handsPrevious A Love Supreme is a four-part spiritual suite — Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance, and Psalm.Next 'Wheels of Steel' proved turntable artistry could chart