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The oral history of 'Sweet Freedom'
How Rod Temperton and Michael McDonald joined forces to make a hit while soundtracking one of the great movie montages of the 1980s
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Double helix: the oral history of "Aja"
How Steve Gadd and Wayne Shorter launched the title track of Steely Dan's 1977 masterpiece into outer space
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Dirty Work: The Complete Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan
Fifty years after Steely Dan’s debut, musicians, producers, and engineers recall the painstaking process of making beautiful music with Donald Fagen and…
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Dirty Work: The Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan – Part VII
The pressure and the perfectionism ramp up during the Gaucho sessions.
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Dirty Work: The Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan – Part VI
Donald and Walter make the world's greatest musicians feel replaceable.
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Dirty Work: The Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan – Part V
Donald and Walter ratchet up the search for the definitive performance.
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Dirty Work: The Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan – Part IV
Increasingly preoccupied with rhythmic precision, Donald and Walter meet their match in Bernard Purdie.
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Dirty Work: The Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan – Part III
Leaving behind the road, Donald and Walter become one with the studio.
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Dirty Work: The Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan – Part II
Donald, Walter, Gary, and Roger hone their distinctive dynamic in the studio.
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Dirty Work: The Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan – Part I
The original lineup becomes "the expanded band."
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Dirty Work: The Oral History of Recording with Steely Dan – Introduction
Fifty years after Steely Dan’s debut, musicians, producers, and engineers recall the painstaking process of making beautiful music with Donald Fagen and…
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