{"product_id":"steely-dans-aja-paperback","title":"Steely Dan's Aja - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Breithaupt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAja was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. Odd, then, that its creators saw it as an \"ambitious, extended\" work, the apotheosis of their anti-rock, anti-band, anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-fi ve mostly jazz session players, Aja served up prewar song forms, mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while. And, impossibly, it sold. Including an in-depth interview with Donald Fagen, this book paints a detailed picture of the making of a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Breithaupt is a studio musician and songwriter based in Toronto. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003ePrecious and Few: Pop Music in the Early '70s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNight Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s\u003c\/i\u003e. A Berklee College of Music alumnus and three-time Juno Award nominee, he has written extensively on music and film for the \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 6.56 x 4.78 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689905066047,"sku":"9780826427830","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/15c9a3e4a022ba9170fcdcfd715b775a.webp?v=1764987102","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/steely-dans-aja-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}