Vjoe, during last weekend's Beacon gig, Jon was introduced by Fagen as the band's musical director as well. If I recall from the Aja DVD, I think it was Larry Carlton who was reminiscing that when he was doing SD work, he acted like the bridge (or in computer-speak, the business analyst) between the technically-trained musicians and Becker/Fagen, who had a clear concept of what they wanted but couldn't put their concept in music-speak for the hired guns to execute. Baka ganoon na ang papel ni Jon sa grupo.