She was steely and her patience seemed to be in short supply at points. She betrayed no fear and little ambivalence and she seemed quite confident speaking on her boss’s behalf. Which was not ...

There’s something about Steely Dan that rubs certain musicians the wrong way. Maybe it’s the pristine, almost clinical perfection of their recordings, each note meticulously engineered within an inch ...

Doctor Wu starts modestly and then pulls out a splendid chorus from nowhere that entertains well. By 1975, Steely Dan had the capacity to be both inscrutable and popular, an enviable place to be.