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Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings E&F Sides (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at April 23, 2023
Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings E&F Sides (2020)

Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings E&F Sides (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 240 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 100 Mb | 00:43:22
Contemporary Jazz, Psychedelic | Label: International Anthem

A new project by Chicago-based drummer/producer Makaya McCraven. An addendum to his critically-acclaimed 2018 release Universal Beings, which The New York Times said "affirms the drummer and beatsmith's position as a major figure in creative music," Universal Beings E&F Sides presents fourteen new pieces of organic beat music cut from the original sessions, prepared and produced by Makaya as a soundtrack to the Universal Beings documentary film.

Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 25, 2018
Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (2018)

Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 537 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 206 Mb | 01:29:58
Jazz, Psychedelic | Label: International Anthem

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.
Makaya McCraven - Where We Come From (CHICAGOxLONDON Mixtape) (2018)

Makaya McCraven - Where We Come From (CHICAGOxLONDON Mixtape) (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 286 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 107 Mb | 00:46:21
Contemporary Jazz, Fusion | Label: International Anthem

Drummer/producer Makaya McCraven traveled to London in October of 2017 to record material for a new album (which has since been titled Universal Beings & will come out on International Anthem in Fall of 2018). Over the course of 3 days in London, Makaya connected with first time collaborators (Theon Cross, Nubya Garcia, Joe Armon-Jones, Soweto Kinch, Ashley Henry, Daniel Casimir and Kamaal Williams), and in addition to the Universal Beings studio sessions, did 2 improvised performances as part of a 2-night showcase called CHICAGOxLONDON presented by International Anthem & EZH Mag at legendary UK Jazz hub Total Refreshment Centre (TRC).

Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (2CD) (2018)  Music

Posted by Domestos at May 8, 2019
Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (2CD) (2018)

Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (2CD) (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 272.38 Mb + 247.14 Mb | 01:29:59 | Cover
Nu Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Instrumental Hip Hop | Label: International Anthem Recording Co. (USA) - IARC 0022

Guiding the undulating, polyrhythmic, genre-ambiguous flow of drummer Makaya McCraven's ever-evolving "organic beat music," is a strategy not far removed from the one employed by Teo Macero and Miles Davis on Bitches Brew and subsequent dates: Here, moments from continuous improvised performances are digitally looped, cut, spliced, and edited into entirely new compositions. McCraven has been developing the approach for some time, though it came to fruition on 2015's brilliant In the Moment, culled from nearly 48 hours of live improvised performance at a single venue over a year, then processed and remixed into 19 individual pieces. McCraven takes a leap further out on the double-length Universal Beings. The set was recorded in four cities (New York, Chicago, London, and Los Angeles) with four ensembles. The players on these include bassist and fellow Chicagoan Junius Paul, cellist and former Chicagoan Tomeka Reid, U.K.-based saxophonists Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings, L.A. violist/arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, percussionist Carlos Nino, and Chicago ex-pat and current Angeleno guitarist Jeff Parker, to name a few.

VA - A Day In The Life: Impressions Of Pepper (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at June 10, 2020
VA - A Day In The Life: Impressions Of Pepper (2018)

VA - A Day In The Life: Impressions Of Pepper (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:58:32 | 336 Mb
Jazz, Fusion | Label: Verve Records

Some of today's most exciting up and coming and established jazz artists pay homage to the iconic Beatles record. Musicians were given the challenge to create loose interpretations of these songs, and the result is impressionistic, avant-garde takes on tracks like "Getting Better" and "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds".

Joel Ross - KingMaker (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 11, 2024
Joel Ross - KingMaker (2019)

Joel Ross - KingMaker (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 395 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 154 Mb | 01:07:01
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Blue Note Records

Impressive debut album from an incredible young artist who has been omnipresent on acclaimed recent albums by Makaya McCraven (Universal Beings), Walter Smith III (In Common), Marquis Hill (Modern Flows, Vol. 2), and James Francies (Flight). Milt Jackson was a formative influence, Bobby Hutcherson passed him some sage advice, and Stefon Harris was his mentor & teacher. Now Joel carries the Blue Note vibraphone legacy into the future on an album that finds him exploring the formative stuff that made him the man he is, first and foremost, family. The centerpiece and title track is dedicated to his mother, while other compositions pay homage to Ross’ twin brother, father, and niece.

Joel Ross - KingMaker (2019)  Music

Posted by pyatak at May 2, 2019
Joel Ross - KingMaker (2019)

Joel Ross - KingMaker (2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 400 MB | Cover | 01:06:55 minutes | MP3 320Kbps | 158 MB
Jazz | Label: Blue Note

Impressive debut album from an incredible young artist who has been omnipresent on acclaimed recent albums by Makaya McCraven (Universal Beings), Walter Smith III (In Common), Marquis Hill (Modern Flows, Vol. 2), and James Francies (Flight).

Daniel Villarreal, Jeff Parker & Anna Butterss - Lados B (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 8, 2023
Daniel Villarreal, Jeff Parker & Anna Butterss - Lados B (2023)

Daniel Villarreal, Jeff Parker & Anna Butterss - Lados B (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 237 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 101 Mb | 00:42:47
Jazz-Funk | Label: International Anthem

On October 15th and 16th, 2020, drummer Daniel Villarreal was joined by guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Anna Butterss for two afternoons of recording in the backyard of Chicali Outpost in Los Angeles. For all three musicians, it was the first ensemble recording session they’d done in-person since the pandemic locked the world down just seven months prior. Some choice moments from these sessions made it onto Villarreal’s critically-acclaimed 2022 album Panamá 77, but most of the music remained unreleased.

Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Chicago Waves (2020)  Music

Posted by gribovar at July 14, 2020
Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Chicago Waves (2020)

Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Chicago Waves (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 511 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 205 MB | Front cover
Genre: New Age, Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: International Anthem

Los Angeles residents, composers and multi-instrumentalists Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson flew to Chicago to contribute to the Makaya McCraven album Universal Beings. They were so inspired by the city, and Lake Michigan, that it spawned an LP. Chicago Waves comes to us via International Anthem.