Philadelphia-raised musician Maxfield Gast has been widely recognized for his performance as a saxophonist and composer. 
 As a bandleader, Gast has released several solo albums ranging from jazz and pop to electronica all on the Militia Hill label. His unique and eclectic sound found early success on college radio charts and quickly led to features on National Public Radio as well as licensing and publishing deals with MTV, Sony Classic Films, and Bighouse Publishing. As a member of studio band SweetPro, Maxfield composed and performed the music for all 5 seasons of FX Network’s Emmy Award winning series Louie. 
 As a sideman, Maxfield has constructed an extensive discography having recorded on over 50 albums. He has worked on several films for the big screen, television and short series soundtracks and scores. 
 Maxfield has performed internationally and in some of the United States’ most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Gast has worked with a wide variety of artists including Grammy Award winning band Cage The Elephant, Reggie Watts, Louis C.K., multi Grammy Award winning bass player Bakithi Kumalo, Tri-state Indie Award-winning bands Work Drugs and Aaron Parnell Brown, American Music Award-winning band Bomb Squad, multi Grammy Award winning bassist Bakithi Kumalo (of Paul Simon), PEW Grant finalist Keith Destefano and Puzzlebox, Grammy nominated songwriter Jeremy Grenhart and studio band SweetPro.