Steely Dan - Aja
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Actor: Donald Fagen, Walter BeckerBrand: RED Distribution
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Movie Reviews of Steely Dan - Aja
Movie Review: "There walked Giants among us"
Summary: 5 Stars
When it comes to Music, Steely Dan is with out a doubt among the giants.
If you are a fan, this is an amazing insight into the absolute GENUIS that went into this project. If you are not a fan, and have little musical exposure or knowledge, then there should be some kind of "briefing" so you understand where the video is coming from. Maybe some listening to their music will help & getting acquainted with their unique approach to composing and assembling "bands" as well. Other than the wise-d up fan, what would posses someone to buy this plainly labeled & obviously NON "entertainment" (The making of the album Aja) film?
The film is a Great piece of work!
Straight forward, tongue in cheek, relaxed and informative and it doesn't take itself too seriously.
If you are a musician, it's a set of CLUES on how to think outside the dialectic box when endeavoring to transfer your musically creative visions into any sort of tangible reality. I credit this documentary among other experiences in the past thirty years with the progress of my own various little musical projects currently.
Look at this album personnel roster:
Donald Fagen - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, whistle
Walter Becker - bass, guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Chuck Rainey - bass
Timothy B. Schmit - vocals
Paul Griffin - keyboards, electric piano, vocals, background vocals
Don Grolnick - keyboards, clavinet
Michael Omartian - piano, keyboards
Joe Sample - keyboards, electric piano, clavinet
Larry Carlton - guitar, electric guitar
Denny Dias - guitar
Jay Graydon - guitar, electric guitar
Steve Khan - guitar
Dean Parks - guitar
Lee Ritenour - guitar
Pete Christlieb - flute, tenor saxophone
Chuck Findley - horn, brass
Jim Horn - flute, saxophone
Richard "Slyde" Hyde - trombone
Plas Johnson - flute, saxophone
Jackie Kelso - flute, horn, saxophone
Lou McCreary - brass
Bill Perkins - flute, horn, saxophone
Tom Scott - conductor, flute, tenor saxophone, lyricon
Wayne Shorter - flute, tenor saxophone
Bernard Purdie - drums ("Home at Last", "Deacon Blues")
Steve Gadd - drums ("Aja")
Ed Greene - drums ("I Got the News")
Paul Humphrey - drums ("Black Cow")
Jim Keltner - percussion, drums ("Josie")
Rick Marotta - drums ("Peg")
Gary Coleman - percussion
Victor Feldman - percussion, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vibraphone
Venetta Fields - vocals, background vocals
Clydie King - vocals, background vocals
Rebecca Louis - vocals, background vocals
Sherlie Matthews - vocals, background vocals
Michael McDonald - vocals, background vocals
This is a musical "New York Yankees" my friend. The video is a brief history of the band, as told by Wally & Donny as well as an admittedly spotty documentary about how the project was constructed. I also agree that it sadly overlooks mention of Steve Gadd, and others who really contributed to the title track..... Still, this is a "musicians debriefing" if you will. How AWESOME is it to sit there and listen to Wayne Shorter add to the story of how he came to be recruited for the project. His "Miles" (David) anecdote was charming. Seeing Chuck Rainey play Bass and Bernard Purdie rock the drums is amazing.
As others have said, "its a must for Steely Dan fans and musicians as well.
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Summary of Steely Dan - Aja
Pioneering pop/jazz band Steely Dan, formed by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in the early 70�s, had already secured five U.S Top 40 albums before the release of Aja in 1977. Aja, however, was to prove to be the biggest selling album of Steely Dan�s illustrious career, reaching Number 3 in the U.S. Billboard chart, spending a year in the Top 40 there and also reaching number 5 in the U.K.Aja was the first British Top 10 hit for Steely Dan and was also the first album by Becker and Fagen as a duo. Becker and Fagen, renowned for their relentless perfectionism in the recording studio, recall the history of an album that was a year in the making, but rewarded by a prestigious Grammy Award® and three major hit singles, Peg, Deacon Blues and Josie. Michael McDonald, later of the Doobie Brothers, who did guest backing vocals on Aja, the late British musician Ian Dury, record producer Gary Katz, and the legendary session musicians who worked on Aja, also contribute to this fascinating documentary.
Steely DanÂ?s Aja has proved to be one of the most outstanding jazz-rock albums in the history of popular music. This is a vivid portrait of a 70Â?s record that is still as fresh and as memorable more than two decades after its release, a true Classic Album.
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