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Makaya McCraven Universal Beings (IA11 Edition) 2LP

Makaya McCraven

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SKU:
IARLP0022X
UPC:
634457226340

Coming December 5, 2025 pre-order your copy today!

2018 Album Reissued on Double Vinyl LP with Obi Strip!

Universal Beings is jazz drummer/producer Makaya McCraven's 2018 album - his most ambitious, elegant and refined work yet. Recorded at two intimate live sessions and two 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-Ferguson,Tomeka Reid, Brandee Younger and Carlos Niño) to create source material for the signature style of "organic beat music" production he debuted on the groundbreaking 2015 release In the Moment. The result is this epic, 2xLP set that represents another breakthrough in Makaya's career as a recording artist, as well as a definitive new work of the exciting global groundswell of next-generation Black musicians re-vivifying and re-articulating "jazz" in 2018.

Features

  • IA11 Edition
  • Double LP
  • 4-Page Insert Booklet
  • IARC Obi Strip
  • Printed Poly-Lined, Dome-Patterned Inner Sleeves
  • Heavyweight Reverse-Board Gatefold Jacket with Flooded Black Inside Pockets

Musicians

Makaya McCraven drums
Carlos Niño percussion
Brandee Younger harp
Joel Ross vibraphone
Tomeka Reid cello
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson violin
Dezron Douglas double bass
Junius Paul double bass
Daniel Casimir double bass
Anna Butterss double bass
Shabaka Hutchings tenor sax
Nubya Garcia tenor sax
Josh Johnson alto sax
Ashley Henry Rhodes piano
Jeff Parker guitar

Selections

  1. A Queen's Intro
  2. Holy Lands (feat. Brandee Younger)
  3. Young Genius (feat. Joel Ross)
  4. Black Lion (feat. Dezron Douglas)
  5. Tall Tales (feat. Tomeka Reid)
  6. Mantra
  7. Pharaoh's Intro
  8. Atlantic Black
  9. Inner Flight
  10. Wise Man, Wiser Woman (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
  11. Prosperity's Fear (feat. Junius Paul)
  12. Flipped OUT
  13. Voila (feat. Daniel Casimir)
  14. Suite Haus (feat. Nubya Garcia)
  15. The Newbies Lift Off (feat. Ashley Henry)
  16. The Royal Outro
  17. The Count Off (feat. Carlos Niño)
  18. Butterss's (feat. Anna Butterss)
  19. Turtle Tricks (feat. Jeff Parker)
  20. The Fifth Monk
  21. Brighter Days Beginning (feat. Josh Johnson)
  22. Universal Beings (feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)

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