Makaya McCraven

MAKAYA McCRAVEN - in concert

"Balances jazz's precious tradition and its present and future." The Guardian

"Makaya McCraven has quietly become one of the best arguments for jazz's vitality." The New York Times

Direct from the USA, master drummer and producer Makaya McCraven brings his group to London for an exclusive ocncert in 2026.

Makaya McCraven was raised in a vibrant, creative community in the Northampton, Massachusetts area, where his father often played with artists like saxophonist and ethnomusicologist Marion Brown, multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, and saxophonist Archie Shepp. After co-founding a jazz-hip hop band called Cold Duck Complex that ultimately opened for The Pharcyde, Digable Planets, and the Wu-Tang Clan, he moved to Chicago in 2006. Within five years he'd established a name for himself, gigging alongside Willie Pickens, Marquis Hill, and Jeff Parker.

Makaya McCraven released his debut LP 'In The Moment' in 2015 followed by 'Highly Rare' (2017), 'Where We Come From' (2018), 'Universal Beings' (2018), 'Deciphering The Message' (2021), 'In These Times' (2022), and 'Off The Record' (2025).

Makaya McCraven has recorded or shared the stage with artists such as Gil Scott-Heron, Kamasi Washington, Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, Brandee Younger, Theon Cross, Joel Ross, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and many more. 

An AGMP Concerts presentation.