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Becker and Fagen make a mixtape (Part 2)
Listen to the songs that didn't fit on their "60 Minutes" essentials playlist.
 • Jake Malooley
26:30
Becker and Fagen make a mixtape (Part 1)
The Steely Dan duo were asked to select their favorite songs. Now you can hear the result.
 • Jake Malooley
48:49
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."
 • Jake Malooley
55:05
Barney Hurley was always Steely Dan's number one fan
The English musician, who recently died, spread the gospel of his jazz-rock heroes with an evangelical fervor, through his own finely crafted songs and…
 • Jake Malooley
51:00
Young Gun Silver Fox: interview and mixtape
Andy Platts and Shawn Lee talk about livin' on the fault line between Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers—and they serve up a mixtape of AOR favorites…
 • Jake Malooley
49:54
Hi-tech jazz mixtape
Musicians meet machines.
 • Jake Malooley
2:22:02
Summer rock mixtape
Behold the harder side of soft rock.
 • Jake Malooley
1:21:06
Black yacht mixtape
Chart a course for the smoothest soul of the '70s and '80s.
 • Jake Malooley
2:31:45
Donald Fagen narrates the songs of his life
An Eminent Hipsters mixtape
 • Jake Malooley
3:00:58
The Ed Motta megamix
A career-spanning survey of the famed Brazilian singer-songwriter and Steely Dan superfan
 • Jake Malooley
1:48:46
Danesque: a mix by Ed Motta
The Brazilian musician and record collector spins some of his favorite Steely Dan–adjacent tracks.
 • Jake Malooley
59:45
Intro to fake jazz
Listen to a mix featuring Donald Fagen's favorite Hollywood composers.
 • Jake Malooley
22:25
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