#20: Alive in America — Steely Dan (1995)
This sharp live document captured perfectionist masterminds Walter Becker and Donald Fagen embarking on their first official concert tour in over two decades flat. Utilizing an elite, hand-selected group of top-tier jazz-rock session players to meticulously execute their complex chord structures on stage, the arrangements achieved a magnificent, breathing dynamic life. Long-time fans finally heard pristine, high-fidelity live translations of songs originally tracked by the exact same studio virtuosos.
