Walter Becker

Fusion jazz Rock 

Chain Lightning: Steely Dan’s Katy Lied at 50

April 2, 2025April 2, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1975, 50th anniversary, ABC Records, Bad Sneakers, Black Friday, Donald Fagen, Katy Lied, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

Looking back at the album that made Becker and Fagen studio masters (and hermits)

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Fusion jazz Pop Rock 

Through With Buzz: Steely Dan’s Pretzel Logic Turns 50

March 2, 2024March 7, 2024 Ted Miller 1 Comment 1974, 50th anniversary, Donald Fagen, Pretzel Logic, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

Looking back on Becker and Fagen’s most humane album

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jazz Rock 

Steely Dan’s Aja Returns to Vinyl

August 8, 2023August 9, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aja, Donald Fagen, Geffen Records, Steely Dan, UMe, Vinyl, Walter Becker

Becker and Fagen’s jazz-rock masterpiece will be reissued on wax September 29th

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jazz Rock 

Show Biz Kids: Steely Dan’s Countdown To Ecstasy at 50

July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 Jim Caligiuri 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Aja, Bodhisattva, Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown To Ecstasy, Denny Dias, Donald Fagen, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Joe Sample, King of the World, Larry Carlton, Show Biz Kids, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd, Walter Becker, Wayne Shorter, Your Gold Teeth

Looking back at Becker and Fagen’s last “band” record

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jazz Pop Rock 

Slang of Ages: Steely Dan’s Everything Must Go at 20

June 10, 2023June 11, 2023 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 2003, 20th Anniversary, Donald Fagen, Everything Must Go, Reprise Records, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

A look back at Becker and Fagen’s so-subtle – too subtle? – studio swan song

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jazz Rock 

On The Dunes: Donald Fagen’s Kamakiriad at 30

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Donald Fagen, Kamakiriad, Reprise Records, Steely Dan, The Nightfly, Walter Becker

Celebrating the Steely Dan man’s second solo stand

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jazz Rock 

Dirty Work: Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy A Thrill at 50

November 25, 2022June 10, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Denny Dias, Dirty Work, Do It Again, Donald Fagen, Elliot Randall, Naked Lunch, Reelin' In The Years, Steely Dan, Walter Becker, William S. Burroughs

Looking back on the band’s classic debut LP

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Folk jazz Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Linda Hoover Shares “Autumn” From Steely Dan Assisted Lost Album

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Ron Hart 4 Comments Autumn, Barbra Streisand, Denny Dias, Donald Fagen, Eric Weissberg, I Mean To Shine, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Linda Hoover, Omnivore Recordings, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

I Mean To Shine is out now on Omnivore Recordings

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jazz Rock 

Learn to Work the Saxophone: Steely Dan’s Aja at 45

September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Aja, Bernard Purdie, Black Cow, Chuck Rainey, Clydie King, Deacon Blues, Dean Parks, Donald Fagen, Home at Last, I Got The News, Jim Keltner, Joe Sample, Josie, Larry Carlton, Michael McDonald, Peg, Steely Dan, Tim Schmit, Tom Scott, Victor Feldman, Walter Becker

Why Becker and Fagen’s sixth album together can also be considered their best

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Pop Remembrance 

Jay Black and the Money Note

October 26, 2021April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Cara Mia, Donald Fagen, Jay and the Americans, Jay Black, Steely Dan, This Magic Moment, Walter Becker

Remembering one of the golden voices of American Pop, gone at 82

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Country and/or Western New Wave Remembrance Soul 

Rest In Peace, Sweet Pea Atkinson

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Brick By Brick, Circus Money, Countryman, David Was, Don Was, Dot Com Blues, Elvis Costello, George Jones, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, I'm Alive, Iggy Pop, Ivan Neville, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Smith, Michael McDonald, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers, Paula Abdul, Phantom Blues, Richie Sambora, RIP, Sir Harry Bownes, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Taj Mahal, The Hard Stuff, Under The Red Sky, Walter Becker, Was (Not Was), Wayne Kramer, Willie Nelson

Reflecting on the Detroit soul singer’s career beyond Was (Not Was)

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jazz Rock 

Who Makes the Traffic Interesting: Steely Dan’s Two Against Nature Turns 20

April 20, 2020November 2, 2022 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Donald Fagen, Eminem, Grammys, Kid A, Radiohead, Steely Dan, The Marshall Mathers LP, Two Against Nature, Walter Becker

Why Walter Becker and Donald Fagen deserved to win that Grammy over Radiohead and Eminem

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jazz Pop Records Rock 

Walter Becker and The Whackness

October 2, 2019October 9, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 11 Tracks of Whack, 1994, 25th Anniversary, Donald Fagen, Giant Records, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

25 years ago, the late Steely Dan guitar great stepped out of the shadows with his solo debut

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