Aja (song) - Wikipedia
WEB"Aja" is a jazz rock song, with elements of jazz fusion and progressive rock, by the American rock band Steely Dan (by that time, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen) from the album of the same name, their sixth studio album, released in 1977.
The Best Version Of… Steely Dan’s Aja - Audiophile Style
WEBJan 16, 2019 · Aja was Steely Dan’s first platinum album, moving over three million copies and spawning three top-25 singles (“Peg,” “Deacon Blues,” and “Josie”) in the year of Rumours, Saturday Night Fever, and Never Mind the Bollocks — no small feat for a set of intricately crafted, jazz-inflected meditations on nostalgia, mortality, and ...
The Romanticized Meaning Behind "Aja" by Steely Dan - American …
WEBAug 30, 2023 · The deeply visual lyrics tell the story of a woman named Aja and the solace she provides with her peaceful nature. But who is Aja? Is she a real person? Did Walter Becker and Donald Fagen make...
Remembering Steely Dan's 'Aja' 40 Years Later - SPIN
WEBSep 27, 2017 · De La Soul made Aja cool again in the 1980s, when no one else was, with the prominent “Peg” sample in “Eye Know” (how Ronson found the Dan, apparently).
Aja (album) - Wikipedia
WEBAja (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə /, pronounced "Asia") is the sixth studio album by the American jazz rock band Steely Dan, released by ABC Records on September 23, 1977.
“Polished so slickly it denies the friction which draws your ears in ...
WEBOct 27, 2023 · It’s easy to understand why the band to this day leave some music fans cold, as on the surface Aja is polished so slickly it denies the friction which draws your ears in. Once that fine film of funk is discerned, however, it can’t be undiscerned.
Steely Dan's "Aja": Eight Minutes of Genius - CultureSonar
WEBAug 4, 2023 · Although Aja generated three singles – “Peg,” “Deacon Blues,” and “Josie” — many consider the title track one of the greatest songs of Steely Dan’s long career. Clocking in at eight minutes, “Aja” was the longest song the Dan recorded, and the most intricate.
Steely Dan – Aja Lyrics - Genius
WEBThe title track on Steely Dan’s most successful LP (both critically and commercially), “Aja” is an 8-minute jazz fusion epic made up of a number of different pieces members Donald Fagen and ...
Oral history of Steely Dan's "Aja" - by Jake Malooley - Substack
WEBAug 25, 2023 · Today “Aja” stands as one of the most purely exhilarating, goosebump-raising listening experiences in the whole of Steely Dan’s catalog. Here is the story of making “Aja,” as told by some of the people who were in the room where it happened.
How do you explain the 'magic' of Aja's sound? - Substack
WEBNov 8, 2023 · It puts the listener in this special magic place that is only for that music. Late last month a pricey, much-anticipated new vinyl edition of Steely Dan’s 1977 album, Aja, began landing with a thump on the doorsteps of eager Danfans throughout the land.
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