Steely Dan: Aja

Episode aired Feb 3, 2000
1h

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7.6/10

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Aja was the biggest selling album of Steely Dan's career, reaching #3 on the U.S. Billboard chart and #5 in the UK. This is a portrait of the making of this 1977 jazz-rock album. It includes... Read allAja was the biggest selling album of Steely Dan's career, reaching #3 on the U.S. Billboard chart and #5 in the UK. This is a portrait of the making of this 1977 jazz-rock album. It includes archival footage, newly recorded performances, and interviews with Donald Fagen, Walter B... Read allAja was the biggest selling album of Steely Dan's career, reaching #3 on the U.S. Billboard chart and #5 in the UK. This is a portrait of the making of this 1977 jazz-rock album. It includes archival footage, newly recorded performances, and interviews with Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, producer Gary Katz, songwriter Ian Dury, Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald, a... Read all

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- Alan Lewens
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Aja was the biggest selling album of Steely Dan's career, reaching #3 on the U.S. Billboard chart and #5 in the UK. This is a portrait of the making of this 1977 jazz-rock album. It includes archival footage, newly recorded performances, and interviews with Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, producer Gary Katz, songwriter Ian Dury, Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald, and the session musicians involved in the recording. —Fiona Kelleghan <fkelleghan@aol.com>

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Ian Dury: There are people who've read books and there's people who ain't read books

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9/10

Wow!

I stumbled onto this film when my smart TV wouldn't load normally, and I clicked "free" as an option, and it appeared. The incredible, meticulous, effort to produce this album is totally unknown, and un-appreciated, until you see this! What ?sad, is to find out that it was made in 2000, and therefore, almost all the people depicted are either dead or well past their ability and talent now, due to age. Who knew they went through six or more musicians before deciding which track to incorporate in a song?

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