Nearly Dan Perform Steely Dan

Nearly Dan are a nine-piece act devoted to the music of Steely Dan, the American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. This concert at The Jazz Cafe is a jazz-leaning evening of the band's material.

Nearly Dan present themselves as a homage rather than a conventional tribute, aiming to recreate the polished grooves and wry, allusive lyrics that characterise the original band's records. Their line-up of nine musicians covers the arrangements of Steely Dan's catalogue.

The programme draws on the albums Countdown to Ecstasy, The Royal Scam, Aja and Gaucho, together with Donald Fagen's solo record The Nightfly. The group's focus is on the band's most celebrated work across the 1970s and early 1980s, performed as a full-length show.

The Jazz Cafe is a London venue at 5 Parkway that mainly hosts concerts, with jazz at the centre of its musical programme. The evening is aimed at admirers of Steely Dan who want to hear this material played live by a larger ensemble than the original duo.