Fri 2/4 @ 7:30PM
Back in the olden days of the 1970s, if you went into a store such as AudioCraft looking for a stereo, you’d find it littered with copies of Steely Dan albums for customers to use to test the sound of available systems: that band was much admired for the quality of its production in addition to its politely well-crafted and cerebral music.
So it’s appropriate that the Music Box Supper Club is launching a new series called “Inside the Music: An Immersive Sound Listening Party” with Steely Dan’s sonically detailed 1977 album Aja. The monthly event will feature a music-related host sharing a classic album on the club’s new immersive sound system using technology developed in Cleveland by Frank Foti of Telos Alliance and chief engineer at WMMS in its heyday), adding new processing equipment, speakers and amps to the club’s existing sound system. The host will play the album, tell some of the stories behind it and talk about why it’s important to them.
The series opens with a really special host: Steely Dan producer Gary Katz, who helmed the recording of Aja, which won the Grammy for Best Engineered Recording—Non-Classical. (He also produced Steely’s Dan’s other 1970s albums.) He won’t be hosting virtually either; Katz will be coming into Cleveland for the event.
Tickets are $10; a full dining menu is available and doors open at 6pm for dinner.
Future events in the series include local artist manager David Spero sharing Bad Company’s 1974 self-titled debut album (March 2); Cleveland reggae star Carlos Jones with Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1977 All ’n All. (April 11); and music writer Annie Zaleski will Duran Duran’s 1982 Rio, which she recently published a book about (May 4)