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Classic Albums - Steely Dan: Aja starring: Walter Becker, Ian Dury, Donald Fagen, Gary J. Katz, Michael McDonald directed by: Alan Lewens  Price: $57.98 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786305948506 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 630594850X Label: Rhino / Wea Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Rhino / Wea Release Date: July 25, 2000 Running Time: 60 minutes Studio: Rhino / Wea Theatrical Release Date: July 25, 2000 Sales Rank: 50157 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This profile of Steely Dan's elegant 1977 masterpiece, Aja, is a feast for Dan fans, a thoughtful, satisfyingly detailed assessment of the album and its bejeweled fusion of jazz, R&B, rock, and pop. Better yet, the documentary's producers elicit atypically straightforward, revealing interviews from the group's stealthy principals, songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who jettison enough of their signature sarcasm to touch on the autobiographical threads, cultural anomie, and serious musical ambition audible in their work. In that respect, the production rivals any extant interviews with this proudly cerebral, occasionally evasive musical team. The duo, along with producer Gary Katz, engineer Roger Nichols, and a generous cross-section of the crack New York and Los Angeles musicians featured on the sessions, dissect the sleek layers of the songs both musically and lyrically, both in modern performances featuring the original players and in control-room playbacks of the original multitrack master tapes. Becker and Fagen prove articulate, self-aware, and dryly funny subjects, and the subtlety and richness of the music offer an ample canvas for discovery. --Sam Sutherland Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Insider Look at AjaAfter watching a few other classic rock album documentaries, I wasn't expecting much from this Aja documentary. It turned out to be a surprisingly good review of the recording of Aja. Firstly, it was mostly the Steely Dan musicians Fagen and Becker along with studio musicians that provided commentary on the album, unlike other album documentaries that have mainly outside commentary from music critics. Also, there's alot of footage of a reunion of sorts where they play the music. The bassist Chuck ... Read More Rating: - Show Biz KidsSome 30 years after it was released - which is several lifetimes in pop culture - The pristine production and technically-pleasing performances on Aja continue to stand the test of time. Walter Becker and Donald Fagan take the viewer through the long and oftentimes quite complicated creation of the classic album, which reached the lofty top five status in the U.S. and England, with the cool jazz-fusion delivering the signature numbers - Deacon Blues, Peg and Josie - while selling more ... Read More Rating: - A whole new meaning to "Fastidious"Musically and commercially the Steely Dan story really peaked with Aja. The recording studio gave them acess to a level of perfection they could never attain on the road, and they stayed there for many years -- considering the turn some of their post-Aja material took, maybe too many. But that obsession with perfection paid off, as the segment of multiple guitar solo takes demonstrates. The DVD is completely entertaining: Becker and Fagan are even smarter than I imagined, and it's easy ... Read More Rating:  - Below AverageIf you enjoy watching two aging musicians who are clearly uncomfortable being in the same room with each other plough through the master tape of one of their albums, this is the movie for you. Rating:  - For the hardcore fans only.I'd put this one in the "rent" catagory, unless you're a real hard-core Steely Dan fan. Only a small percentage of this is music, the bulk is filled with interviews and coverage of the making of the album. Not that it's a bad thing, but not great, either. Browse for similar items by category:
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