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1 day ago · Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a full band lineup, by the end of 1974 Becker and Fagen chose to stop playing live and continue Steely Dan as a studio-only duo, utilizing a revolving cast of session musicians.
1 day ago · Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen on why rap wasn’t an original sound. After releasing their consummate and highly accessible debut album, Can’t Buy A Thrill, in 1972, Steely Dan garnered a solid global following. After a decade of rock ‘n’ roll domination in the ’60s, band leaders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen sought to revitalise popular ...
1 day ago · These included Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan, who brought a deep grounding in Ellington, bebop, and soul to their rock/pop concept and used top-drawer jazz talent like saxophonists Wayne Shorter and Phil Woods on their studio recordings; Joni Mitchell, who moved from singer/songwriter-centered folk rock to a sophisticated jazz ...
5 days ago · Baxter picked the trombone for his pedal steel, and in true Steely Dan style, it was a huge challenge to bring it to life, but he relished it. Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter was key to the early success of Steely Dan, and once chose his favourite songs by the soft rock pioneers. They're deep cuts.
2 days ago · Even though Jackson often cited Steely Dan as one of the few contemporary rock artists he admired, he resisted the take-by-take hairsplitting favored by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. “Everything I do is geared to live performance rather than recording…,” he told Mix. “It seems we’re at a point where most people regard recording as ...
1 day ago · By Amy Becker. Tuesday, July 16, 2024 5:13PM "Betrayal: A Father's Secret" beings streaming July 30 on Hulu. ... The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of ABC News Studios, Hulu and this ...
5 days ago · Jacobson was president of the Walt Disney Motion Picture Group, where 15 of her projects grossed over $100 million domestically, including “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “The Chronicles of ...
