MAKAYA MCCRAVEN - UNIVERSAL BEINGS (2xLP/CD) FORMAT:CD The idea was to produce

The idea was to produce an LP with a variety of tracks that could be marketed to a variety of radio formats and markets (gospel

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and years of ideas gelled into the a picture-perfect second album - to be released this October - 17 years after the first

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MAKAYA MCCRAVEN - UNIVERSAL BEINGS (2xLP/CD) FORMAT:CD The idea was to produceBLACK VINYL 2xLP. or CD. "Universal Beings is jazz drummer producer Makaya McCraven's new album his most ambitious, elegant and refined work yet. Recorded at 2 intimate live sessions and 2 pop up "studio" sessions across the "new" jazz hotbed cities of New York, Chicago, London, and Los Angeles, Makaya collaborated with an all star cast of improvisers (15 musicians in total, including Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Jeff Parker, Miguel Atwood