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Walter Becker on producing Rickie Lee Jones
In a radio interview from 1989, Becker discusses working on Jones's album "Flying Cowboys," the "essential creative spark" of a demo, and the benefits…
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A teen band needed a pianist. They called Donald Fagen.
The piano player for Roche Collins couldn't make the gig. "So we figured our last option is Donald Fagen."
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Donald Fagen talks about 'Eminent Hipsters' with Leonard Lopate (RIP)
In a 2013 interview, Fagen discusses his memoir with the longtime New York radio host who died this week.
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Donald Fagen discusses 'Sunken Condos' with Leonard Lopate (RIP)
In a 2012 interview, Fagen and Michael Leonhart talk about Fagen's fourth solo album with the longtime New York radio host who died this week.
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Classic Albums—Steely Dan: Aja...now with producer commentary!
Martin R. Smith discusses the making of the 1999 rock documentary that Danfans study like the Zapruder film.
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July 2025

June 2025

Walter Becker: 'There will always be a Steely Dan'
Listen to a radio appearance Becker made in 1989.
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Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter on 'Desert Island Discs'
The former Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist spins records while sipping phantom piña coladas.
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Donald Fagen spins '70s favorites on 'Desert Island Discs'
In a rare recording, the Nightfly plays castaway, selecting the songs he'd want to have with him if he were stranded.
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The man who wrote the book on 'Aja'
Don Breithaupt, maestro of the jazz-pop group Monkey House, talks about the way Steely Dan "shows you pathways out of creative dead ends."
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