Makaya McCraven

Makaya McCraven is an American jazz drummer, producer and bandleader, born in Paris in 1983 and based in Chicago. The son of drummer Stephen McCraven and Hungarian singer Ágnes Zsigmondi, he grew up in western Massachusetts. He is known for albums built from recordings of improvised sessions, which he edits and reshapes in the studio, among them In the Moment (2015). In the Moment came out on the Chicago label International Anthem and was cut from live recordings of improvised sets at the club The Bedford.