Home / Music / The Nightfly is Donald Fagen's nostalgia for 1950s late-night radioMusic linernotes album music donald-fagenThe Nightfly is Donald Fagen's nostalgia for 1950s late-night radioThe album looks back at late-1950s and early-1960s American culture through the voice of a late-night jazz disc jockey. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Nightfly was Donald Fagen's first album without Steely Dan partner Walter BeckerSeven Grammy nominations for The NightflyThe Nightfly is Donald Fagen's autobiographical look at a 1950s childhoodThe Nightfly was one of the first fully digital pop albumsDonald Fagen's The Nightfly was one of the first all-digital pop albumsExploreSteely Dan name-checks Duke Ellington on Pretzel LogicTchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is in B-flat minor, but opens in D-flat majorTchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 is in G minorGreendale is Neil Young's small-town rock operaMouthfeel is a covers album by The LemonheadsPrevious The Nightfly was Donald Fagen's first album without Steely Dan partner Walter BeckerNext The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section played on Aretha Franklin's sessions