Four years ago, the Chicago-based drummer and composer Makaya McCraven released "In These Times," a critically acclaimed record that saw the bandleader going big and working with more than a dozen ...

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“Improvisation is messy. Life is complicated.” Speaking over Zoom from his home in Chicago, drummer/ composer/ producer Makaya McCraven is getting philosophical. “Life is going to give us surprises, ...

Ten years ago, I was in Chicago to cover the annual late-summer Jazz Festival there, and I was on a mission to hear local and regional musicians who hadn’t made it big in New York just yet. During a ...

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Makaya McCraven is famous for his ambition—he made his name with a sophisticated musical approach that involved crafting compositions in the studio by rearranging live recordings of his band and ...

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Modern-day jazz trailblazer Makaya McCraven has announced four “distinct yet interconnected” new EPs, Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop, all set to arrive digitally on ...

Makaya McCraven has announced four new EPs. Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop each arrive on October 31 (via International Anthem/Nonesuch/XL). The Chicago-based jazz ...