Description

Gatefold vinyl with obi strip and insert.

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.

Tracklist

New York Side
A1 A Queen’s Intro
A2 Holy Land
A3 Young Genius
A4 Black Lion
A5 Tall Tales
A6 Mantra