Jazz Articles about Donald Fagen

Donald Fagen Band in Cleveland

by C. Andrew Hovan
April 5, 2006

Donald Fagen Band Palace Theater Cleveland, Ohio March 15, 2006

It's somewhat remarkable to ponder the fact that Donald Fagen and Steely Dan have continued to make substantive music without compromise in a musical world that has changed dramatically since the rock and roll era of the '70s. Even after one listen to Fagen's new solo disc, Morph the Cat, you can't help but be struck by the fact that the writing is as ...

Donald Fagen Band at The North Fork Theater

by Mike Perciaccante
March 25, 2006

Donald Fagen Band The North Fork Theater Westbury, NY March 3, 2006 Donald Fagen is an enigma. He has managed a long, successful career, in and out of Steely Dan, while avoiding the standard recording of the album and tour cycle that so many artists have fallen into in the past thirty or so years. Steely Dan effectively became a studio band in the mid-70's before disbanding and reuniting. The Steely Dan cycle ...

Donald Fagen Band at the Chicago Theatre

by Paul Olson
March 22, 2006

Donald Fagen Band Chicago Theatre, Chicago March 18, 2006Steely Dan founder/vocalist Donald Fagen's concert at the storied Chicago Theatre wasn't exactly the sound of surprise--this isn't a jamband he's fronting and anyone who came expecting loose, improvisational flights of fancy was destined to be disappointed. But the full house knew pretty much exactly what to expect, and they got it: Fagen on electric piano fronting a whip-tight ten-piece band; consistently satisfying performances of songs from ...

Donald Fagen: Morph The Cat

by Mike Perciaccante
March 10, 2006

Donald Fagen's third solo CD, his first such recording in thirteen years, blends jazz, soul, funk and just about every other musical influence you can name on nine new songs whose subject matter runs the gamut. The eclectic songs on Morph The Cat cover some interesting topics: a romantic interlude with an airport security guard ("Security Joan"); a conversation with the ghost of the late Ray Charles ("What I Do"); mortality ("Brite Nightgown"); and a cult taking over the US ...

Donald Fagen: Morph The Cat

by John Kelman
March 7, 2006

Sometimes tight-knit teams like Donald Fagen and Walter Becker--better known as Steely Dan--make it difficult to determine what each individual brings to the table. It's no secret that Becker and Fagen have strong jazz sensibilities, not to mention an affection for Tin Pan Alley, having started out as staff writers for ABC Records before realizing their music was too sophisticated for the artists they were writing for. But Fagen's previous solo albums--Nightfly (Reprise, 1982) and Kamikiriad (Reprise, 1993)--and Becker's 11 ...