synffMakaya McCraven, the Chicago-based drummer, producer, and bandleader born in Paris in 1983, redefines jazz through a radical process of capturing live improvisations, then chopping, looping, and overdubbing them with hip-hop precision.
Drawing from J Dilla's beat science, Jeff Parker's post-rock…
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Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Makaya McCraven; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Theon Cross, Herbie Hancock, Joe Armon-Jones, Joshua Abrams + 83 more
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