Steely Dan: Aja

Wait...what? If people back in the 1970's when of this video ad release were confused, even nowadays thinking they dreamt about it, can you imagine my reaction while watching this? That's a first for me in actually watching a promotional TV commercial for a music album - in this case Steely Dan's magnificent album "Aja" and the ad comes with a voice over by Eartha Kitt.

The summary presented on the page is totally out of line, Fagen and Becker can only be heard in this one, with the title song while Kitt intrigues the viewer in making us feel mystified by the album. Just buy it! The great jazz/soft rock duo made one other documentary mainly foccusing on "Aja" explaining the concept and creation of each song (they left out one song, can't remember which one), so what you have is a 30-second spot for what would become their most successful album with masterpieces such as "Home at Last", "Josie", "Deacon Blues" and "Peg" - nevermind, it's a perfect album that inspired a whole generation and broke many records out there.

Gets a gold trophy, full ten star rating for being a rare moment in advertising, still existing and also made with great quality with an exotic setting - it feels like "Kiss of the Spider Woman" but way before the movie - that makes you curious in getting the album, listening to its amazing songs, Steely Dan fans or beginners. 10/10

It's an album that is just apart of the landscape of other genres that were around at the time.

Is it influential? It's not something that gets played a lot today,

but if Jazz-fusion is something you like, there are definitely worse albums out there than this.

(B)