Question
Answer the following about references made in Steely Dan’s seminal 1974 album Pretzel Logic, for 10 points each.
[10m] The track “Parker’s Band” opens by mentioning this record label presenting a “new saxophone sensation.” Charlie Parker’s sessions as bandleader were recorded for Dial and this label, which shares its name with a ballroom referenced in a Chick Webb standard.
ANSWER: Savoy Records [accept Savoy Ballroom; accept “Stompin’ at the Savoy”]
[10e] In the title track of Pretzel Logic, Donald Fagen announces he “plans to find the time” to meet this historical figure. Pierre Bezukhov also planned to “find the time” to assassinate this invading general in War and Peace.
ANSWER: Napoleon Bonaparte [or Napoleon Bonaparte; or Napoleon I]
[10h] The reassuring narrator of “Any Major Dude Will Tell You” asks if his friend has ever seen the tears of this mythical creature. This creature from the folklore of Pennsylvania lumberjacks is ashamed of its misfitting skin.
ANSWER: squonk
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