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"Aja" is a jazz rock song, with elements of jazz fusion and progressive rock, by the American rock band Steely Dan from the album of the same name, their sixth studio album, released in 1977. Composers Becker and Fagen play guitar and synthesizer, respectively, on the song, with various studio musicians playing the other parts; Fagen sings lead vocals. Production duties were handled by Gary Katz; the album was released through ABC Records. Musically, it is a tonally sophisticated and structurally complex work that was praised on its release as the most ambitious track the duo had ever attempted. The song's lyrics center around the interior monologue of a man who runs to the title character to escape the stresses of his life "up on the hill." Fagen claimed that it was inspired by a relative of someone he knew, who had married a Korean woman named Aja. He has described the song as being about the "tranquility that can come of a quiet relationship with a beautiful woman."
"Doodlin'" is a composition by Horace Silver. The original version, by Silver's quintet, was recorded on November 13, 1954. It was soon covered by other musicians, including with lyrics added by Jon Hendricks. It has become a jazz standard.
"Señor Blues" is a composition by Horace Silver. The original version, by Silver's quintet, was recorded on November 10, 1956. It has become a jazz standard. Silver later wrote lyrics, which were first recorded by Silver's band with Bill Henderson in 1958.
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- 1 2 Owens, Thomas (1996). Bebop – The Music and Its Players. Oxford University Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-19-510651-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 1 2 3 4 Kirchner, Bill "The Dozens: Horace Silver" Archived September 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , jazz.com. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ↑ McDonough, John (September 2014), "Horace Silver". Down Beat , p. 49.
- ↑ Mason, Stewart. "Steely Dan "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"". AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "Song for My Father (1964)". Blue Note Records. Retrieved November 5, 2014.