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 beatmaker... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week3rd December 2021
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The GuardianJazz Album of the MonthDecember 2021
Contents
Hank Mobley: A Slice Of The Top
- Kiane Zawadi (euphonium), Pee Wee Marquette (spoken word), Billy Higgins (drums), Bob Cranshaw (bass), McCoy Tyner (piano), Howard Johnson (tuba), Lee Morgan (trumpet), James Spaulding (alto saxophone), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (drums), Makaya McCraven (bass)
- Recorded: 2021-04-29
- Recording Venue: Palisade Studios
Kenny Dorham: Sunset
- Junius Paul (percussion), Paul Chambers (bass), Kenny Drew (piano), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Jeff Parker (guitar), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (drums)
- Recorded: 2020-01-20
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Einar Aaron Swan: When Your Lover Has Gone
- Art Blakey (drums), Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Matt Gold (guitar), Junius Paul (bass), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (drums)
- Recorded: 2021-05-27
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Silver, H: Ecaroh
- Horace Silver (piano), Curley Russell (bass), Art Blakey (drums), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Makaya McCraven (guitar), Makaya McCraven (drums)
- Recorded: 2020-01-20
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Ben Hutcherson: Tranquillity
- Joe Chambers (drums), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Pee Wee Marquette (spoken word), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Matt Gold (guitar), Makaya McCraven (drums), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (synthesizer), Marquis Hill (trumpet), De'Sean Jones (tenor saxophone), Greg Ward (alto saxophone)
- Recorded: 2021-04-15
- Recording Venue: Submerge Studios
Jones, Q: Wail Bait
- De'Sean Jones (flute), Art Blakey (drums), Percy Heath (bass), John Lewis (piano), Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone), Clifford Brown (trumpet), Greg Ward (alto saxophone), Junius Paul (bass), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (guitar), Makaya McCraven (drums), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 2021-05
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Kenny Drew: Coppin' The Haven
- Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone), Art Taylor (drums), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Matt Gold (guitar), Makaya McCraven (synthesizer), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (guitar), Makaya McCraven (drums)
- Recorded: 2021-05-27
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Frank R Strozier: Frank's Tune
- Lee Morgan (trumpet), Art Blakey (spoken word), Billy Higgins (drums), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Jack Wilson (piano), Jackie McLean (alto saxophone), Garnett Brown (trombone), De'Sean Jones (flute), Jeff Parker (guitar), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (keyboards), Makaya McCraven (drums), Makaya McCraven (bass)
- Recorded: 2021-05
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Duke, V: Autumn in New York
- Sam Jones (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), De'Sean Jones (tenor saxophone), De'Sean Jones (flute), Marquis Hill (trumpet), Art Blakey (drums), Joel Ross (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2020-01-20
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Kenny Dorham: Monaco
- Pee Wee Marquette (spoken word), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), J.R. Monterose (tenor saxophone), Bobby Timmons (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Sam Jones (bass), Arthur Edgehill (drums), Art Blakey (spoken word), Justin Dillard (drum), Makaya McCraven (drums), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Jeff Parker (guitar), Marquis Hill (trumpet), Junius Paul (bass), De'Sean Jones (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 2021-05
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Shorter: Mr. Jin
- Curtis Fuller (trombone), Reggie Workman (bass), Cedar Walton (piano), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Art Blakey (drums), Junius Paul (bass), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (drums)
- Recorded: 2021-05
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Jack Wilson Jr.: C.F.D.
- Matt Gold (guitar), Varney Barlow (drums), Ray Brown (bass), Roy Ayers (vibraphone), Jack Wilson (piano), Greg Ward (alto saxophone), Junius Paul (bass), Makaya McCraven (percussion), Makaya McCraven (kalimba), Makaya McCraven (guitar), Makaya McCraven (drums)
- Recorded: 2021-05
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios
Eddie Gale Stevens: Black Rhythm Happening
- Fulumi Prince (vocals), Henry Pearson (bass), Elvin Jones (drums), John Robinson (african percussion), Sylvia Bibbs (vocals), Charles Davis (vocals), Paula Nadine Larkin (vocals), William Norwood (vocals), Carol Ann Robinson (vocals), Sondra Walston (vocals), Judah Samuel (bass), Jo Ann Gale Stevens (guitar), Makaya McCraven (bass), Makaya McCraven (drums), Makaya McCraven (guitar), De'Sean Jones (flute), Russell Lyle (tenor saxophone), De'Sean Jones (tenor saxophone), Eddie Gale (trumpet), Roland Alexander (flute), Roland Alexander (soprano saxophone), Jimmy Lyons (alto saxophone), Russell Lyle (flute)
- Recorded: 2021-05
- Recording Venue: Makaya Music Studios