How many New York City shows are on the schedule for Steely Dan?
Steely Dan to play eight New York City shows July 27, 2009 By KEVIN AMORIM kevin.amorim@newsday.com Move over, Allman Brothers Band. Another staple of the ’70s is moving into the Beacon Theatre tomorrow. That’s when Steely Dan – Donald Fagen and Walter Becker – kick off an eight-night run of shows that will really reel in the years. Over the coming two weeks, the jazzy rock duo – which was influenced as much by Charlie Parker as it was by Bob Dylan – will play three of its landmark albums – “Aja,” “Gaucho” and “The Royal Scam” – live on different nights. They also will throw in three Internet request shows, one of which closes the residency on Aug. 11 Sources: http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/steely-dan-to-play-eight-new-york-city-shows-1.
THE kings of jazz rock — Steely Dan — are still reelin’ in the ears for an eight-show Beacon Theatre residency that opened Tuesday with a towering performance. At this show, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen sang that they’d never go “back to their old school” — yet the band’s principals were totally old-school in their pristine, studio-quality versions of their hits. The concert bowed with a front-to-back, note-for-note rendition of their classic jazz-rock masterpiece “Aja,” the band’s best-selling album. It’s ranked No. 143 among Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums. Subsequent New York performances will give the same treatment to SD albums “The Royal Scam” and “Gaucho.” How close to the record were guitarist Becker and keyboardist Fagen? Dead on. Just to give the audience a Steely Dan-ish hint at the band’s goal, on the side of the stage was an actual turntable, with the record on it. When the band finished “Deacon Blues,” the last song on side one, a back-up singer flipped the vinyl to s
Move over, Allman Brothers Band. Another staple of the ’70s is moving into the Beacon Theatre tomorrow. That’s when Steely Dan – Donald Fagen and Walter Becker – kick off an eight-night run of shows that will really reel in the years. Over the coming two weeks, the jazzy rock duo – which was influenced as much by Charlie Parker as it was by Bob Dylan – will play three of its landmark albums – “Aja,” “Gaucho” and “The Royal Scam” – live on different nights. They also will throw in three Internet request shows, one of which closes the residency on Aug. 11. Sources: http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/steely-dan-to-play-eight-new-york-city-shows-1.
