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ROCK/POP

STEELY DAN LIVE

Northeast Corridor

DONALD FAGEN

The Nightfly Live

Donald Fagen, vocals, Fender Rhodes, melodica; Keith Carlock, drums; Jon Herington, Connor Kennedy, guitar; Freddie Washington, bass; Jim Beard, piano; Michael Leonhart, trumpet; Jim Pugh, trombone; Walt Weiskopf, Roger Rosenberg, sax; Carolyn Leonhart, Catherine Russell, La Tanya Hall, Jamie Leonhart, vocals, percussion. UM (Steely Dan, CD/2LP; Fagen, CD/LP). Patrick Dillet, Fagen, prod.; Michael Conner, eng.; Dillet, mix; Bernie Grundman, mastering.

It’s been nearly a half-century since Steely Dan burst onto the scene, infusing pop music with jazz rhythms, knotty harmonies, and wry lyrics jammed with cryptic ironies. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the song-writing duo that created and led the band, put out nine studio albums.

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