Michael Breaux

Gio Washington-Wright and Michael Breaux: Maxine

by Nicholas F. Mondello
December 28, 2022

In 1982, after his Steely Dan tenure with the late Walter Becker and striking out on his own, pianist/composer Donald Fagen released “Maxine" as a single. It was also included in Fagen's first solo album, The Nightfly (Warner Brothers Records, 1982). The track and album featured some of the finest studio musicians, including the famed Brecker Brothers. This take is a unique note-for-note transcription performance of Fagen's recording of “Maxine" performed by two elite woodwind artists, recorded as a clarinet ...