Deciphering The Message

Jazz drummer and innovative producer Makaya McCraven brings the heart of the famous Blue Note catalog into the present. With such a sprawling collection of work to pull from, McCraven narrowed his focus to records from the 60’s and earlier, which helps “Deciphering The Message” maintain the consistency of a single session despite pulling from more than a dozen different records. He’d pull loops and rearrange parts, then overdub bass, keyboards, and drums. It mirrors the workflow of a hip-hop producer, not unlike J Dilla and Madlib, who serve as his closest contemporary analogues.

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