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Bassist Anna Butterss explores their influences, early days, and playing at the now-closed ETA with Jeff Parker. Read the interview.

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Composer showcases wide-ranging tastes on new album In These Times.

The jazz drummer records live performances and then manipulates those recordings in creative ways. His new album pulls from the pool of recordings that shaped his 2018 work, Universal Beings.

Chicago-based percussionist, composer and producer Makaya McCraven has announced his latest album, In These Times.

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Fusing bebop with hip-hop sampling, the Chicago-based drummer is finding new ways on his Blue Note debut to expand the boundaries of jazz

Makaya McCraven has released Deciphering The Message, a vibrant new remix project for which the Chicago-based drummer, producer, and beat scientist Makaya McCraven dug through the Blue Note Records vaults to put a modern bounce on classics by Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Hank Mobley, among others.