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News: Recording

Pianist Mike Catalano gets Will Lee, Bob James, Chuck Loeb, Ivan Lins and more on his debut CD, "A Manhattan Affair"

Pianist Mike Catalano gets Will Lee, Bob James, Chuck Loeb, Ivan Lins and more on his debut CD, "A Manhattan Affair"

Pianist Mike Catalano teams up friends and favorite talents to make this dream come true. Beginning with his co-producer Will Lee, veteran bassist, vocalist, producer (Oh, The Fab Faux, Late show with David Letterman,), and arranger Rob Mounsey (Dave Koz At the Movies, Aaron Neville, Natalie Cole, Ivan Lins, Michael Franks, Steely Dan, Paul Simon, Billy ...

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The Definitive Collection

Label: Geffen Records
Released: 2006

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Article: Reassessing

Steely Dan: Aja

Read "Steely Dan: Aja" reviewed by Craig M. Cortello


Steely Dan Aja MCA 1977 In the movie Mr. Holland's Opus, Richard Dreyfuss, playing a high school music director, recounts his childhood memory of first hearing a John Coltrane album. He recalls how he hated the music, but couldn't stop listening to it. He played the album over and over ...

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2005
Track listing: Conversation; Limbo Jazz; Conversation; Josie; Conversation; Mood Indigo; Conversation; Star Eyes; Conversation; Hesitation Blues; Conversation; Things Ain't What They Use to Be; Conversation; Chain Lightning; Conversation; Black Friday

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Article: Album Review

Steely Dan: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Read "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" reviewed by John Kelman


Purists may balk at the idea of piano legend Marian McPartland tarnishing the unadulterated nature of her NPR series, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz--which has seen her interview and play with artists including Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, and many others--by inviting pianist/vocalist Donald Fagen and guitarist Walter Becker, more commonly known as the pop group ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

That Grand Dan Sound: Why Everyone Knows Steely Dan When They Hear Them

Read "That Grand Dan Sound: Why Everyone Knows Steely Dan When They Hear Them" reviewed by Eric Pettine


Ok, so Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Dave Brubeck used them throughout the 1950s. In the 1960s and most of the 1970s, adventurous and ambitious horn-adorned groups like Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears also experimented successfully with them too. But we're talking cool chords (and their various permutations) here folks, not drugs.

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Everything Must Go

Label: Reprise
Released: 2003
Track listing: The Last Mall; Things I Miss the Most; Blues Beach; Godwhacker; Slang of Ages; Green Book; Pixeleen; Lunch with Gina; Everything Must Go

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Article: Album Review

Steely Dan: Everything Must Go

Read "Everything Must Go" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


As sophisticated icons of contemporary pop music, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have secured a space within the landscape of modern mainstream culture. Beginning with 1974’s Pretzel Logic, the pair would lead Steely Dan through a number of quintessential albums that featured a slick blending of pop and jazz sensibilities and even today songs like “Rikki ...

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Article: Live Review

Steely Dan at Jones Beach

Read "Steely Dan at Jones Beach" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante


Jones Beach Wantagh, New York August 22, 2003 Jones Beach was definitely abuzz for the first Steely Dan show in New York in quite some time. It was a decidedly older crowd filling the parking lot, tailgating and milling about while anxiously scanning the stage for a glimpse of Donald Fagen and/or ...


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