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Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja

Donald Fagen (Actor), Walter Becker (Actor), Alan Lewens (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Documentary
Format	Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
Contributor	Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Alan Lewens
Language	English
Number Of Discs	1

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A vivid portrait of a '70s record that is still as fresh and memorable today as when it was released more than two decades ago. Pioneering pop/jazz band Steely Dan, formed by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in the early seventies, had already secured five 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 No. 3 on the Billboard chart and spending a year in the Top 40. 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 with a Grammy Award and three hit singles. Steely Dan's Aja has proven to be one of the most outstanding jazz-rock albums in the history of popular music and now its story is told in this fascinating documentary. 60 minutes.

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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

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Alan Lewens
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour
Release date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2000
Actors ‏ : ‎ Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
Language ‏ : ‎ English (PCM Stereo)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Eagle Rock Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 6305772649
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Ian D.

Magnificent - a must for Steely Dan fans

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 2, 2020

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What a thrill. Steely Dan was one of my very tippy-top Most Important Bands when I was younger - I was (and can still be) stunned by the musicianship here. This is a must-see for Steely Dan fans of any ilk.

I have experience with a number of instruments, but never having been a drummer, I don't think I understood quite the importance of Steve Gadd's work on Aja to drummers in general (though the very mention of the name "Steve Gadd" has always inspired in me the fear of...mastery unsurpassed). I know that drum part has always amazed *me*, but I didn't realize where it stood in the overall annals of drumming until I read the reviews of this video. And I understand the...incensation?...of drummers at the omission of Gadd from this video. It seems crazy. If I step back, however, and consider all the possibilities, I see that there's any number of reasons why the man may not have been given his due in this video. Did Fagen and/or Becker have a falling-out with him? Did he for some reason refuse to allow mention of his name in the video? You know how various musicians are (or at least were, once upon a time) fairly the property of their record companies? "Michael McDonald appears courtesy of BlahBlahBlah Records"? Maybe they couldn't get that permission from Gadd's overlords at the time?

And I'm sure there are other possible roadblocks that I don't even know about to Gadd getting a proper mention (and video coverage) in this video. I'm just saying that it could be due to political issues between Fagen and Becker and Gadd, or between Fagen and Becker and Gadd's record company (if he was affiliated with a particular one when this video was made); it's possible Fagen and Becker wanted like crazy to showcase his playing, but...weird complicated goings-on prevented it.

The mutual friend I share with Fagen and Becker seems to have cast me off lately, along with a lot of other people including some friends of 40 years and more, but I might try to get in touch with him to ask him about this. He may be able to shed some light if he's so inclined. And I'd just love to be back in touch with him, so...I'll give it a shot, and if he responds, tells me anything about the Gadd situation, and doesn't forbid me to disclose it, I'll update this review accordingly.

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Excellent But Incomplete

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 8, 2020

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This is an excellent documentary about one of the greatest albums ever recorded. But to not even mention Steve Gadd's performance on the title track is simply inexplicable. I know this has been mentioned in several other of these reviews but it is important for viewers to understand that, although they might think they are watching something comprehensive, there is in fact something of immeasurably enormous significance that has been left out!! To not even mention, let alone explain, that the track Aja features one of the most celebrated drum tracks in popular music tarnishes what would have otherwise been an exemplary documentary. The interviews with the other drummers, the great Bernard Purdie and Rick Marotta who also made such important contributions to the record, are terrific and at least Jim Keltner gets a mention. But Gadd barely gets a name-check?? The genius of Gadd's performance on this track is not in question. It is simply sublime. One of his greatest ever performances (and Gd knows there are a thousand of them to choose from) and unarguably one of the greatest recorded drum performances of all time. It doesn't take much of a search on YouTube to find countless breakdowns and analysis of his performance on this track. Drummers have been obsessed with it ever since its release over 40 years ago . And the now well-known fact that Gadd came in and pretty much sight-read the whole track and nailed it within a couple of takes only adds to its legend. Much of the cultural significance and musical achievements of this masterpiece of a recording are well covered in the documentary. But the fact that it also captured one of the finest musicians of his or any other generation at the peak of his powers laying down one of the most legendary drum tracks ever recorded is sadly omitted. So ultimately an opportunity lost. Disclaimer: If you are not a drummer or don't know much about drumming you might think this review is loaded with hyperbole, but trust me, talk to a few drummers who know what they are talking about and you will discover that it is not!

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david hart

good value.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 27, 2019

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excellent dvd,just a small crack in the case.

Eppelmeck

NTSC-Version läuft nicht in unserer Region!

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on November 14, 2017

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Steht aber bedauerlicher Weise nicht in der Artikelbeschreibung. Also war die Enttäuschung vorprogrammiert. Kann auf einem PC abgespielt werden. Dazu muss der Regionalcode auf USA umgestellt werden. Das geht aber nicht unbegrenzt oft und außerdem will ich DVDs auf dem TV ansehen, nicht auf dem PC. Fazit: ging zurück.

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Jesus Oaxaca Navarro

Comentario a AJA.

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on April 9, 2018

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Para todo el que conozca la trayectoria de Steely Dan no debe de faltar este video que hace referencia a el contenido mas significativo de esta produccion. Excelente producto.
Gracias Amazon por compartirlo.

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Claude Girard

This is what the series is all about !

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 24, 2015

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This is what the series is all about ! A great complement to their superb music. Can't believe that Donald Fagen says, at one point in the video, that Micheal McDonald is slightly OFF-KEY !!! :-)

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Doogernorth

Love Steely Dan

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 1, 2019

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Only five songs performed but interesting to see their combination of musical brilliance and perfectionism.

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