One example that typifies the Dan’s meticulous approach involves the sessions for the 26-second guitar solo in their jazz-pop hit single “Peg,” from the 1977 album Aja.

There’s no story anywhere in music like Steely Dan. The Seventies jazz-rock masterminds have gone in and out of style over the years, but they’ve never been more popular, more influential ...

The HBO doc 'Yacht Rock' takes a fond, ironic look at how 1970s bands like Steely Dan, Toto and Christopher Cross found a new generation of fans.