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Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter (along with partner Walter Becker) of Steely Dan.
Fagen is known for his use of complex jazz harmonies, elaborate arrangements, and exacting attention to detail and launched his successful, if sporadic solo career in 1982.
Fagen penned a group of songs based on his experiences as a young man in 1950’s America, and the resulting album, The Nightfly, was released in 1982, and is one of the first albums to be recorded entirely digitally. The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA. After a quiet time musically (he is reported to have suffered from writers block) for the rest of the 80s he returned in 1993 with Kamakiriad, which is a conceptual album based on a car journey. The album was produced by Walter Becker and represented the first collaboration between the two since Gaucho.
This collaboration reignited Steely Dan and they released two more albums, the Grammy award winning “Two Against Nature” in 2000, and “Everything Must Go” in 2003.
In 2006, Fagen released his third solo album Morph the Cat, which is partly based on old age and death, and was well received by fans.
Fagen is known for his use of complex jazz harmonies, elaborate arrangements, and exacting attention to detail and launched his successful, if sporadic solo career in 1982.
Fagen penned a group of songs based on his experiences as a young man in 1950’s America, and the resulting album, The Nightfly, was released in 1982, and is one of the first albums to be recorded entirely digitally. The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA. After a quiet time musically (he is reported to have suffered from writers block) for the rest of the 80s he returned in 1993 with Kamakiriad, which is a conceptual album based on a car journey. The album was produced by Walter Becker and represented the first collaboration between the two since Gaucho.
This collaboration reignited Steely Dan and they released two more albums, the Grammy award winning “Two Against Nature” in 2000, and “Everything Must Go” in 2003.
In 2006, Fagen released his third solo album Morph the Cat, which is partly based on old age and death, and was well received by fans.
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GameQude wrote:
Morph the Cat!
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been__insane wrote:
more like jazz-POP than jazz-rock xD [2]
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Akayz7 wrote:
Never ceases to be classy: http://www.last.fm/music/Donald+Fagen/+images/65773770
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xdreamx19 wrote:
more like jazz-POP than jazz-rock xD
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enzo5 wrote:
music for new yorkers
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denverdale wrote:
Fagan is the best!!!!!!!
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denverdale wrote:
Fagan is the best!!!!!!!
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artrush wrote:
morph the cat rocks
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jaesinger wrote:
A touch of Tuesday Weld suits me rightly! Thanks Don.
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digital2u wrote:
the nigthfly i think
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airwickhaze wrote:
I'm going to rock the boat and say my favourite album is kamakiriad :P
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Metalization wrote:
He is such a cool person and a musical genius
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leifbk wrote:
Seems like a new album is in the tubes: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/11/us-fagen-idUSTRE65A4ZB20100611
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yyydanyyy wrote:
Holy smokes. This just blew my soft jazz-hating mind.
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Beatomania wrote:
The Nightfly is soooo brilliant
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MamaLuigi wrote:
I think his voice suits Nightfly well. It's very Northern and nasally but does a great job with giving the music a more urban feel. Any other voice would not give me the same experience. ;)
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zebroOo wrote:
My avatar is perfect to listen New Fronier :D
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Coop_R wrote:
"I cannot think of anybody with a singing voice as distinct or unique as Don's". Really? I was just listening to the Nightfly again and I was thinking how much better the music would be with a really unique and distinct vocalist. Cause Don is the single most unrecognisable vocalist :) which does not mean I don't like his singing, he's just not an exciting singer.
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marcelodylan wrote:
Green Flower Street is a extreme classic
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MamaLuigi wrote:
I cannot think of anybody with a singing voice as distinct or unique as Don's.
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