Makaya McCravenBest Makaya McCraven Albums Ranked
8.1
Avg Score
15
Opinions
6
Albums
7
Reviewers
Summary from 15 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Makaya McCraven's catalog across 6 albums from 15 opinions, with an overall average of 8.1/10. The top-rated Makaya McCraven album is Universal Beings (2018) with a 8.9/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by In These Times and Deciphering The Message. The discography on Wavelength spans 2017 to 2022.
Universal Beings
“The jazz drummer and producer’s hypnotic double album is culled from a year’s worth of gig tapes that he’s layered and spliced together into something wholly new and radically communal.”
Off the Record
“Off the Record is a magnificent EP treasure chest from Makaya McCraven”
In These Times
“Makaya McCraven offers up glimmers of hope on In These Times”
In These Times
“The hybrid jazz drummer and producer’s latest album uses his familiar post-production techniques but feels more deftly orchestrated and rhythmically complex.”
In These Times
“Beat technician Makaya McCraven is far from simply a virtuous performer with the sticks in his hands. The New Jersey-born, Chicago-raised drummer is also a real maestro behind the desk, a character as comparable to Madlib or Dilla as he is to Art Blakey or Max Roach. 2020’s reworking – nay, reconstruction – of Gil Scott Heron’s final album We’re New Again breathed life eternal into one of the grea”
Deciphering The Message
“Fresh from reworking Gil Scott-Heron’s final album last year, I’m New Here becoming We’re New Again, Chicago drummer and producer Makaya McCraven makes his debut for Blue Note Records with another reimagining, this time taking on the legendary jazz label’s iconic back catalogue. Picking out 13 tracks from the Blue Note vaults, McCraven and a host of collaborators breathe new life into 80-plus yea”
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