Max Jaffe Trio

Max Jaffe is a drummer, producer, composer, and technologist born in San Francisco and currently based in Los Angeles, CA. His work expands the possibilities of composition and collaboration through the drum set.

In 2025, Jaffe released “You Want That Too!” on Colorfield Records. Counting Jeff Parker, Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), and Shelley Burgon (Fred Frith, Bjork) among its all-star lineup, the eclectic and tuneful album received praise from Pitchfork, Downbeat, and several other outlets.

Max is a founding member of experimental rock collective JOBS, Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones, Leverage Models, and several others. He has toured, performed, and recorded with many diverse artists including Wild Up, Steph Richards, WAND, M.A. Tiesenga, Nels Cline, Ava Mendoza, Delicate Steve, Cass McCombs, Rubblebucket, David Wax Museum, DARKSIDE, David Binney, Nick Reinhart, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Jessica Pavone, Chris Williams, Nicole McCabe, Logan Kane, Peter Evans, Simon Hanes, Oberhofer, and many others.

Steven Lugerner and Max Jaffe have been playing music together on and off since middle school. Their musical journeys contained significant overlap at one point in the form of several records and tours with the groups In One Wind, Chives, and killer BOB, and while their paths have largely diverged since they left NYC for San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively, they reunite – with the support of Bay Area bass guru Giulio Xavier Cetto – for this special evening.