IA11 Edition

• DOUBLE Deluxe RTI vinyl pressing packaged in heavyweight matte jacket
• with IARC obi strip

Makaya McCraven's In The Moment marked his breakout, iintroducing the world to the Paris drummer, bandleader and producer's polymathic approach to jazz and beatsmithing. Recorded over 12 months at a single venue, nearly 48 hours of live improvisation were distilled into 19 dynamic tracks here; they were cut, remixed, and reconstructed by McCraven into organic, beat-driven soundscapes, riffing on the fervour of a music scene sustained in unostentatious settings. Namely, the nightlife scene of Chicago: these sessions captured a raw, unfiltered exchange among the city's top musicians during McCraven's time in Illinois, many of whom have since risen to the raft, not least McCraven himself.

PERSONNEL:
Makaya McCraven - (drums, beats, loops & overdubs)
Matt Ulery - (double bass & bass guitar)
Marquis Hill - (trumpet)
Junius Paul - (double bass & bass guitar)
Justefan - (vibraphone)
Jeff Parker - (guitar)
Joshua Abrams - (double bass)
De'Sean Jones - (tenor saxophone)
Tony Barba - (tenor saxophone & electronics)

LP ONE:
A1. Exploration (intro)
A2. The Jaunt
A3. Slightest Right
A4. First Thing First

B1. Lonely
B2. Gnawa
B3. On The Spot
B4. Butterscotch
B5. TomTom
B6. Three Fifths A Man
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LP TWO:
C1. In The Moment
C2. Quartz
C3. Just Stay Right There
C4. Untitled
C5. Requests

D1. Time Travel
D2. The Encore
D3. The Drop
D4. Finances