Jazz-Rock

Kamakiriad (1993)

Fagen’s road-trip concept record, heard properly for the first time — and maybe better than The Nightfly.

A tired pressing of a great record, and the problem of telling 1974 from forty years of somebody else’s stylus.

Donald Fagen’s “True Companion” blends early-’80s sci-fi melancholy with the ancient pulse of Homer.

Some listening notes on one of my favorites from Steely Dan.

Some notes on Jeff Beck’s 1975 stunner of a rock-fusion release.

A true Fagen classic from the ’80s and his first solo album.