Dreaming of the Masters

Makaya McCraven Band at Big Ears 2019 

Universal Beings E&F Sides, an addendum to Makaya McCraven's critically-acclaimed 2018 release Universal Beings, presents fourteen new pieces of organic beat music cut from the original sessions, prepared and produced by Makaya as a soundtrack to a documentary film.about the making of the album. 

The Universal Beings documentary and Universal Beings E&F Sides album were both released July 31, 2020.

Universal Beings was recorded at four sessions in New York, Chicago, London and Los Angeles, and features some of the best "new" jazz players from those hot bed cities: Brandee Younger, Tomeka Reid, Dezron Douglas, Joel Ross, Shabaka Hutchings, Junius Paul, Nubya Garcia, Daniel Casimir, Ashley Henry, Josh Johnson, Jeff Parker, Anna Butters, Carlos Niño and Miguel-Atwood Ferguson - all of whom feature on Universal Beings E&F Sides.