Max was asked by James Brown to accompany him on the piano to Georgia, It's Magic and Prisoner of Love at BBC Electric Proms gig at the Roundhouse in North London in October 2006.
Max: The best types of directors I've worked with... they give you an input of what they like and what they want and how they see the thing, but they also give you space to go and work and create
(On the experience of playing with James Brown).
Max: And the bottom line is I got to play with James Brown just a couple of months before he died and it was an amazing musical experience. And that's really what you take away with you.