Max Lazarus
Oak Park, IL
Dance & Music
Max Lazarus is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, sound engineer, and educator based in Chicago, IL. He stays busy performing, recording, and producing with Family Junket, an artist collective with his older brothers and extended family, focused on creating healing spaces, community, and parties. Max performs saxophone, flute, and keyboards regularly with local acts Elizabeth Moen and Michael Damani, and has played with touring acts such as Thee Sacred Souls, A.B. Crentsil, Sena Dagadu, Akwasi, Beto Martins, M.anifest, Wanlov, Worlasi, Berta Bigtoe and Peter Somuah, as well as opened for artists like Brittany Howard, Vagabon, Stonebwoy, and Fareed Haque and the Flat Earth Ensemble. He has produced for artists such as Adam Ness and Iruz, scored independent films like what i know by Rahila Coats, and composed for an upcoming podcast on NPR. He collaborates often with movement artists, facilitates sound meditations, and teaches music classes across CPS.