Dom joins Colleen to discuss the award winning 1977 album, Aja, by Steely Dan.
Founded by radio host, music producer, label owner and journalist, Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy, Classic Album Sundays allows listeners to fully immerse themselves into an album by exploring its context, the making of and a full replay of the album on vinyl. This edition focuses on Steely Dan’s iconic album, Aja.
Released in late 1977, Aja was Steely Dan’s sixth, and most successful, studio album – a Grammy-winning masterpiece of jazz, disco, funk and rock. The brainchild of vocalist/keyboardist Donald Fagen and guitarist Walter Becker, brought to fruition by nearly 40 high skilled session musicians, the record audibly demonstrates the advanced performing and production techniques that Fagen and Becker had mastered and experimented with. The record is a infusion of importance in today’s musical history and remains a significant piece of work to modern music.