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video recording of a PBS ''In the Spotlight'' special on

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, released in 2000. This video focuses on a special concert, recorded live in January 2000 at the Sony Studios in

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, and features tracks from their (at the time) unreleased album '' Two Against Nature'' but also contains additional documentary footage.

Track listing

All songs composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. #"Green Earrings" #"

Cousin Dupree "Cousin Dupree" is the first single from Steely Dan's 2000 album '' Two Against Nature''. The song's lyrics describe the sexual desires the titular Dupree has for his attractive cousin. In 2001, the song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performanc ...

" #" Bad Sneakers" #" Janie Runaway" #" Josie" #" FM" #" Gaslighting Abbie" #"Black Friday" #"Babylon Sisters" #" Kid Charlemagne" #"Jack of Speed" #" Peg" #"What a Shame About Me" #" Pretzel Logic"; End Credits

Personnel

Walter Becker Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan.Russonello, Giovanni,Listen t ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

Donald Fagen Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his ...

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

Lead Vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

*Ted Baker - piano *

Jon Herington Jon Herington (born Jonathan Reuel Herington on April 14, 1954) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and session musician. Career Herington was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and grew up in West Long Branch, New Jersey ...

- guitar *

Tom Barney Tom Barney is an American bass guitarist. Career Barney first came to prominence in the late 1970s, when he appeared on different jazz albums by Turk Mauro and Walter Davis Jr., following to appear on records by such artists as Chaka Khan, J ...

- bass *

Cornelius Bumpus Cornelius Bumpus (May 7, 1945 – February 3, 2004) was an American woodwind, brass and keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California. Biography Bumpus began his musical career playing alto saxophone at ten for his school band, and by ...

and Chris Potter -

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Michael Leonhart Michael Leonhart (born April 21, 1974) is an American jazz trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist. Solo career In 1992 Leonhart was honored with the first Grammy Award for outstanding high school musician in the US (he attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia ...

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Ricky Lawson William Riser III (November 8, 1954 – December 23, 2013), better known as Ricky Lawson, was an American drummer and composer. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he worked extensively as a session musician, collaborating with Stevie Wonder, Mich ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

Carolyn Leonhart Carolyn Leonhart (born July 10, 1971) is a jazz singer, daughter of jazz bassist Jay Leonhart and sister of the trumpeter Michael Leonhart. She has performed as a back-up vocalist for Steely Dan on several tours and recordings. Childhood and educa ...

Cynthia Calhoun
and Victoria Cave - vocals

Production

*Director: Earle Sebastian *Producer: Joel Hinman *Executive producers: Craig Fruin and John Beug *Executive producers for Believe: Luke Thornton and Liz Silver *Executive producer for In the Spotlight: David Horn *Recording and mixing:

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and Roger Nichols *Representation: Craig Fruin/HK Management *Package photography: Michael Northrop, Photodisc and Annalisa

References

External links

Former official site
{{Steely Dan 2000 live albums 2000 video albums Live video albums Steely Dan live albums