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Deciphering the Message

Makaya McCraven

This fine 13-track record finds him re-sculpting originals by the likes of Kenny Burrell, Eddie Gale, Dexter Gordon and more, aided by a live band on saxes, flute, vibraphone and bass and a... More…
  • Presto Recording of the Week
    3rd December 2021
  • The Guardian
    Jazz Album of the Month
    December 2021

Contents

Hank Mobley: A Slice Of The Top

Work length3:12
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (bass), Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Hank Mobley (tenorsaxophone), James Spaulding (altosaxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Kiane Zawadi (euphonium), Howard Johnson (tuba), McCoy Tyner (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Billy Higgins (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 2021-04-29
  • Recording Venue: Palisade Studios

Kenny Dorham: Sunset

Work length3:48
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Jeff Parker (guitar), Junius Paul (percussion), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Philly Joe Jones (drumkit), Hank Mobley (tenorsaxophone), Kenny Drew (piano), Paul Chambers (bass)
  • Recorded: 2020-01-20
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Einar Aaron Swan: When Your Lover Has Gone

Work length2:11
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Junius Paul (bass), Matt Gold (guitar), Art Blakey (drumkit), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenorsaxophone), Bobby Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (bass)
  • Recorded: 2021-05-27
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Silver, H: Ecaroh

Work length2:57
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (guitar), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Horace Silver (piano), Art Blakey (drumkit), Curley Russell (bass)
  • Recorded: 2020-01-20
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Ben Hutcherson: Tranquillity

Work length3:39
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (synthesizer), Marquis Hill (trumpet), De'Sean Jones (tenorsaxophone), Greg Ward (altosaxophone), Matt Gold (guitar), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Joe Chambers (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 2021-04-15
  • Recording Venue: Submerge Studios

Jones, Q: Wail Bait

Work length2:09
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (guitar), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Junius Paul (bass), Greg Ward (altosaxophone), De'Sean Jones (flute), Clifford Brown (trumpet), Gigi Gryce (altosaxophone), John Lewis (piano), Percy Heath (bass), Art Blakey (drumkit), Charlie Rouse (tenorsaxophone)
  • Recorded: 2021-05
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Kenny Drew: Coppin' The Haven

Work length2:35
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (guitar), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (synthesizer), Matt Gold (guitar), Dexter Gordon (tenorsaxophone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass), Art Taylor (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 2021-05-27
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Frank R Strozier: Frank's Tune

Work length3:37
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (bass), Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (keyboard), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Jeff Parker (guitar), De'Sean Jones (flute), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Garnett Brown (trombone), Jackie McLean (altosaxophone), Jack Wilson (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Billy Higgins (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 2021-05
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Duke, V: Autumn in New York

Work length5:55
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Joel Ross (vibraphone), Art Blakey (drumkit), Marquis Hill (trumpet), De'Sean Jones (flute), De'Sean Jones (tenorsaxophone), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Bobby Timmons (piano), Sam Jones (bass)
  • Recorded: 2020-01-20
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Kenny Dorham: Monaco

Work length2:24
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Jeff Parker (guitar), Junius Paul (bass), De'Sean Jones (tenorsaxophone), Marquis Hill (trumpet), Justin Dillard (drum), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), J.R. Monterose (tenorsaxophone), Bobby Timmons (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Sam Jones (bass), Arthur Edgehill (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 2021-05
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Shorter: Mr. Jin

Work length2:57
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Junius Paul (bass), Art Blakey (drumkit), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Wayne Shorter (tenorsaxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), Reggie Workman (bass)
  • Recorded: 2021-05
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Jack Wilson Jr.: C.F.D.

Work length3:17
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (guitar), Makaya McCraven (kalimba), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Junius Paul (bass), Greg Ward (altosaxophone), Matt Gold (guitar), Jack Wilson (piano), Roy Ayers (vibraphone), Ray Brown (bass), Varney Barlow (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 2021-05
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios

Eddie Gale Stevens: Black Rhythm Happening

Work length3:34
$1.10
$1.50
$2.05
  • Makaya McCraven (bass), Makaya McCraven (drumkit), Makaya McCraven (guitar), De'Sean Jones (flute), De'Sean Jones (tenorsaxophone), Eddie Gale (trumpet), Roland Alexander (flute), Roland Alexander (sopranosaxophone), Jimmy Lyons (altosaxophone), Russell Lyle (flute), Russell Lyle (tenorsaxophone), Jo Ann Gale Stevens (guitar), Jo Ann Gale Stevens (vocalist), Judah Samuel (bass), Henry Pearson (bass), Elvin Jones (drumkit), John Robinson (africanpercussion), Sylvia Bibbs (vocalist), Charles Davis (vocalist), Paula Nadine Larkin (vocalist), William Norwood (vocalist), Fulumi Prince (vocalist), Carol Ann Robinson (vocalist), Sondra Walston (vocalist)
  • Recorded: 2021-05
  • Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios