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Max Leake began his musical training at age six. By the time he was 15, he was working with local Pittsburgh bands and backing up national acts in local supper clubs. At the age of 18, Max was traveling around the country with acts such as the Ink Spots and the Marcels.

Max has been recording, composing, arranging and performing for 27 years with some of the best jazz and blues artists in the world including Roger Humphries, Stanley Turrentine, Rick Margitza, Dwayne Dolphin, Henry Johnson, Rebecca Parris, Billy Price, Joe Negri, Sandy Staley, the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Orchestra, Tommy Tedesco, David "Fathead" Newman, Don Laterski, Al Dowe and Etta Cox and the Balcony Big Band, just to name a few. He was voted "Best Jazz Keyboardist" in the In Pittsburgh music awards in 1989, 1991 and in 1995