BIO

Max Brown is a trombonist, composer, and arranger, who plays music in all styles but mainly focuses on jazz. Max is currently based in Madison Wisconsin and active in Madison’s jazz, and he is additionally working his way into the Chicago and Milwaukee jazz scenes. Max is the band leader of a jazz/original music sextet. The Max Brown Sextet, features original compositions and arrangements of straight ahead jazz that occasionally venture into free or unstructured improv. The group has played in venues such as Merriman’s Playhouse (South Bend IN), Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts (Milwaukee WI),  Fulton Street Collective (Chicago), and North Street Cabaret in Madison WI.

Max has also built a presence in Indiana, where he spent 6 years from 2017-2023.  Earning a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies – trombone from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington IN) where he studied with Wayne Wallace, John Raymond, and Tom Walsh.  As well as a bachelor’s degree in classical trombone performance from Butler University in Indianapolis.