Faculty profile
Max Jaffe
Drums
Drums Jazz Institute Advanced Package
Max Jaffe is a drummer, producer, composer, and technologist 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. Eclectic and tuneful, the album received praise from Pitchfork and is being followed with a series of special live performances in varying formations.
Max is a founding member of experimental rock collective JOBS, Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones, and several others. He has toured, performed, and recorded with many diverse artists including Steph Richards, Nels Cline, Ava Mendoza, Brandon Lopez, DARKSIDE, David Binney, Jeff Parker, Vinny Golia, Nick Reinhart, Zach Tenorio, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Jessica Pavone, Chris Williams, Nicole McCabe, Logan Kane, Spencer Zahn, Meg Duffy, Daniel Rotem, Greg Uhlmann, Peter Evans, Simon Hanes, and many others.
