コンサート・プロデューサー&シンガーソングライターの Libby Titus(ちなみにDonald Fagenの現在の妻でもある)がプロデュースした一連のコンサートから発展した音楽プロジェクト、それがNEW YORK ROCK AND SOUL REVUE。1991年3月1日&2日、Donald Fagen、Michael McDonald、Boz Scaggs、Phoebe Snowといった錚々たるメンバーがニューヨークにあるビーコン・シアターに集まり、それぞれの曲や、ソウルの名曲をパフォーマンスした。そのライヴの模様を収めたのがこちらの作品『LIVE AT THE BEACON』である。 長年世界的に入手困難となっていたこのアルバム、この度、日本からの熱い要望に応えて再発売決定!
発売・販売元 提供資料(2012/08/31)
Not much was heard from Donald Fagen following the release of his debut solo album The Nightfly in 1982 for the rest of the decade. But in the early '90s, Fagen began turning up in clubs in New York City as part of a loose affiliation of performers that came to be called the New York Rock & Soul Revue. This album captures a two-day stand by the Revue, March 1-2, 1991, at the Beacon Theater. The principal performers, in addition to Fagen, who performs originals, oldies, and Steely Dan tunes, are Michael McDonald, Phoebe Snow, Boz Scaggs, Charles Brown, and Eddie and David Brigati. So, you get to hear favorites from the repertoires of those stars and their old groups, such as the Doobie Brothers and the Rascals. Of course, it would have been better to have been there, but this makes an entertaining souvenir. ~ William Ruhlmann
Rovi
Aint no crime in having a good time and everybody partied at the New York Rock & Soul Revue held live at New Yorks Beacon Theater; the lineup of Phoebe Snow, Donald Fagen, Charles Brown, Michael McDonald, and Eddie and David Brigati (the Rascals) saw to that. While some performances come off as perfunctory and theres nothing you could label outstanding, the soul is real and heartfelt. Top performances come from Brown (the oldest person in the show), Snow and McDonald, Boz Scaggs ("Drowning in the Sea of Love"), and Fagen (a jazzy "Madison Time," which he performs accompanied by Jeff & the Youngsters in a full-blown reprise that closes the concert). ~ Andrew Hamilton
Rovi