Steely Dan, 2003




Piano Jazz Shorts show

Summary: <p><span style="font-size: small;">Guitarist Walter Becker and singer/pianist Donald </span><span style="font-size: small;">Fagen are the duo at the core of the jazz-influenced</span><br><span style="font-size: small;">rock band, Steely Dan. They grew up listening to Bill </span><span style="font-size: small;">Evans, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker</span><br><span style="font-size: small;">and Duke Ellington. Since the late 1960s they have </span><span style="font-size: small;">been continually honing their integration of jazz</span><br><span style="font-size: small;">and rock. The pair performs Steely Dan hits "Josie" </span><span style="font-size: small;">and "Chain Lightning" as well as standards "Mood</span><br><span style="font-size: small;">Indigo" and "Hesitation Blues." </span></p>