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 Week3rd December 2021
-
The GuardianJazz Album of the MonthDecember 2021
Contents
Hank Mobley: A Slice Of The Top
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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