song: Maxine
artist: Donald Fagen
album: The Nightfly (1982)
writer: Donald Fagen

vocals: Donald Fagen
electric bass guitar: Marcus Miller
tenor saxophone (solo): Michael Brecker
drums: Ed Greene

(acoustic piano: Greg Phillinganes)
(Rhodes electric piano: Donald Fagen)

This is a transcription of the gorgeous Jazz ballad “Maxine” by Donald Fagen. This note-for-note transcription is a work in progress: So far, it includes 3 instruments – the electric bass part, the saxophone solo, and the drums – and, perhaps more importantly, a “lead” vocal sheet with chords. (I might do the full vocal arrangement later.) This is a harmonically sophisticated song that goes through three keys and lots of 13(#11)-tritone-substitution chords. Enjoy!

If you know where to find isolated stems or the surround-sound tracks, please, let me know!