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Makaya Mccraven
Paris-born, New England-raised, long-time Chicago-residing Makaya McCraven has been at the forefront of genre-redefining movements in jazz since 2015, when he introduced the world to his unique brand of 'organic beat music' on the breakout album In The Moment. Culled, cut, post-produced & re-composed by Makaya using recordings of free improvisation he collected over dozens of live sessions in Chicago, through incubation & experimentation In The Moment established a procedural blueprint that he has since been sharpening & developing. Now, after 4+ years of refining his approach, Makaya McCraven puts forth an ambitious new work - Universal Beings - a culmination of concepts conceived by In The Moment, and his most elegant & articulated work yet.
Jazz|Free Improvisation
| Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
| Number of discs | 2 |
| Specielt cover | Digipak |
| Released | October 26, 2018 |
| Original release date | 2019 |
| EAN/UPC | 0603784912073 |
| Label | INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM IARC22CD |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Dimensions | 129 × 141 × 8 mm · 100 g (Weight (estimated)) |
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