In the 1970s, keyboardist Donald Fagen founded the jazz pop band Steely Dan together with Walter Becker. Their trademark was the extremely well-cared-for productions that always had a subtle, but constantly catchy groove. There is no deviation from this concept on Morph The Cat, Fagen's third solo CD. At the time of Kamakiriad (1993) he still suffered from writer's block, but in 2006 he is completely
… back on the right path. As they are used to from him and Steely Dan, Morph The Cat contains eight compositions that at first hearing are extremely pleasant and only reveal their depth after several listening turns. The close interplay of the band, which consists of musicians with whom Fagen has been playing together for years, forms the background over which Fagen drapes his characteristic Fender Rhodes sound.more
