Search results for "Walter Becker"
Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09The hidden meaning of Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" will remain uncovered without asking Walter Becker and/or Donald F...
Steely Dan: Gaslighting Abbie (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09Two Against Nature won Steely Dan a 2001 Grammy award for Album of the Year, and the recording stands out for its bou...
Steely Dan: Rikki Don't Lose That Number (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09Some Steely Dan fans have speculated as to whether or not Donald Fagen's composition "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" w...
Steely Dan: Black Friday (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09Here's what Donald Fagen had to say about Steely Dan's Katy Lied album: "Each song is seen from a different view poin...
Steely Dan (featuring Wayne Shorter): Aja (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 22, 09Steely Dan's claim to fame is high-minded jazz-rock presented in a radio-ready format. "Aja," the title cut from thei...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WHEN JAZZ CATS MEET ROCKERS
Jazz musicians performing sidemen roles on recording dates of non-jazz performances is a practice nearly as old as ja...
Steely Dan: Aja (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 18, 08Wayne Shorter, along with the other founding members of Weather Report, put fusion on the map in the early 1970s. The...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS
Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...
Steely Dan: Josie (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09From the wildly successful Aja CD, "Josie" is constructed around light jazz flourishes, a horn section that keeps the...
Steely Dan: Hey Nineteen (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09While the narrator in Steely Dan's "Hey Nineteen" may not be a true "Gaucho" in the South American sense, he gets his...
Steely Dan: Black Cow (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 11, 091977 was a year in which disco reigned supreme but underneath the glamor and the glitz was Steely Dan's epic masterpi...
Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09"Reelin' in the Years" is one of Steely Dan's most beloved songs. The antagonist portrayed within has seemingly ruin...
Steely Dan: Do it Again (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09A #6 single and Steely Dan's highest chart entry, "Do It Again" acts as a blueprint for what would follow in their di...
Steely Dan: Bodhisattva (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09"Bodhisattva" is an excellent track dealing with a somewhat obscure topic in a Western world that, according to Steel...
Steely Dan: Cousin Dupree (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 09, 09Steely Dan returned from a twenty year hiatus with the release of their 2000 album Two Against Nature, which captured...
Chris Beckers: Shooting Colours (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 11, 08In the early '80s Dutch guitarist Chris Beckers was looking for a way to have complete control over the creation and ...
Steely Dan: Peg (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09"Peg" is a rare instance in Steely Dan's discography where the music takes precedence over the lyrics. While the sto...
Larry McDonough: Aja (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 31, 08What's that cliché? Something about not discussing religion and politics in a barroom? If music and/or rock nerds are...
Steely Dan in Los Angeles posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 30, 09Steely Dan was once the ultimate studio band. But now they are a seasoned road troupe in the midst of their Rent Pa...
The Nightfly Revisited posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 17, 08When jazz fans look back at the fusion music of the late 1960s and 1970s, they tend to see only half of the picture...
Perowsky, Ben posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Perowsky, Ben, drummer, percussion, electronics; b. New York City, NY, 12 May 1966. His father is saxophonist/clarine...
Steely Dan: Babylon Sisters (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09"Babylon Sisters" is a great reggae influenced tune which utilizes one of Steely Dan's most intricate chord charts. ...
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