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Steely Dan and Jazz

Chris Ingham, Jazzwise, December 2000

WAITING FOR Walter Becker and Donald Fagen AKA Steely Dan in their publicist’s New York office, I spot two mouth-wateringly opulent 24 CD sets of Duke Ellington: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings 1927-1973 on a shelf, still shrink-wrapped, "one each for Walter and Donald," the publicist explained.

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