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Because of their limitless potential, this progression, Becker's scorching leads are sorely missed in the music. Steely Dan's ability to rock'n'roll attrated many of their current fans, and in Aja they have abandoned the juiced-up riffs of "Reelin' in the Years," and settled down to a contemporary jazz guitar, which is only intermittently prominent in the music. Sax, horns, vibes and keyboards carry the tunes to their destination, and in a very sophisticated...
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker composed smooth lyrics for Aja, proving you can combine meaningful lines with structural jazz. In "Deacon Blues" they make us privy to the business of their new album...
...handful of bands which can do justice to a rapidly whithering art. But Aja comes across as Steely Dan's "breaking on thru"; their growth is so limitless and their potential so boundless that it way only a matter of time before Aja had to arrive. Becker and Fagen are all that's left of the original Dan. Their everpressing musical curiosity has surfaced and taken hold to produce an album so technically sound it teases the senses to imagine the group's next work...
According to a Becker Poll published Monday in The Boston Herald American, Richardson is the most popular Republican in the state. In a trial gubernatorial race, the poll showed him with a 10 per cent lead over Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. Much of his strength came from Democrats and Independents...
Among older viewers the reaction is often uneasiness. Says West Berliner Eva Becker, 76: "That was how Hitler was. He was black magic, and intoxicated people. We thought of him only as a dynamic leader who got the nation on its feet again and solved the awful unemployment problem." Fest aims to correct the ignorance that one generation has forced upon its successor, so that a second Hitler cannot rise to power-and for most viewers, he succeeds. Says he: "If you want to make a society a little more secure against someone like Hitler, then you must give people...