Makaya 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…
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.
Start with the roots
Jeff Parker, Theon Cross, Joel Ross, Josh Johnson + 133 more
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Resavoir, Taylor Swift, Theon Cross, Rob Mazurek + 1 more
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