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Steely Dan at Vector Arena
Whoever designed the souvenir T-shirts for the Steely Dan reunion tour summed up the band's schizophrenic image very nicely.
Two different T-shirts: one in the bright,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], hot-rod red, bubble font of the laid-back post-hippie early 70s,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the other in a cool,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], gun-metal grey,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], adorned with an understated screen-print of Steely Dan masterminds Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.
Fans at the sold-out Vector Arena who were hoping for the southern California-flavoured rock of the early years may have been left disappointed - with some justification.
Many of the biggest hits were notable by their absence. No Ricki Don't Lose That Number,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], no Reeling in the Years - to name just a couple of the hits that still hold a place in fans' hearts and didn't get a look-in.
But this was surely a conscious decision by one of rock's most literate and self-conscious song-writing duos,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
The trade-off was that we were spared the sentimental and sometimes depressing sight of a classic-hits parade from old rockers reliving past glories,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
What we got was a timeless musical performance of breathtaking quality,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
This was a performance of cool New York jazz - complete with a four-piece brass section and three harmonising backup singers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Fagen, dressed in black and mostly seated at a keyboard,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], was largely the master of ceremonies.
He has a stagey charisma that he employs sparingly to chat with the crowd. Becker,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], on guitar, still favours a Mid-West look - as if he's got style advice from Neil Young.
They are composers and conductors - by their own admission the least technically proficient members of the band.
The show is largely built around Aja - the 1977 album that has latterly been recognised as the duo's seminal work and one of the high points in the era of jazz-rock fusion.
Almost the whole album got an outing - Deacon Blue,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Black Cow and the title tracks all highlights of the night.
Other memorable numbers included Haitian Divorce and Kid Charlemagne. But no Do It Again,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], no Bad Sneakers . hmm . One more hit in the encore might have been nice.
Still, it is the jazz tradition in which Becker and Fagen grew up and where they no doubt feel most comfortable. And it's a genre that lets them breathe new life into old songs.
The musicianship was so good that the obligatory introduction of band members complete with a solo from each instrument was a highlight, rather than the distracting interlude these things sometimes are.
The bass player and drummer delivered jaw-dropping explosions of funk mastery.
It is worthy of mention, after all the controversy that has surrounded the Vector Arena, that the sound was fantastic. Whether that was because of the style of music, clever sound engineers on the night or improvements made to the acoustics of the venue, who knows?
And the lighting was a treat: purple, yellow and green hues isolating and highlighting individual sections of the band. All class.
Steely Dan delivered a night of psychedelic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], rock-influenced jazz - punctuated intermittently with pop hooks and lyrics that still evoke a slightly fantastical,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], literary construct of 1970s cool.相关的主题文章：

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