Makaya Mccraven (artist-in-residence)
Thursday, January 9, 2025 SOLD OUT
11:00 PM, NUBLU, 151 Ave C, NYC
With Theon Cross and Ben Lamar Gay
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Makaya McCraven Live Interview
by Leo Sidran (The Third Story)
Winter Jazzfest 2025 artist-in-residence Makaya McCraven is interviewed in front of a live audience by The Third Story podcast host Leo Sidran. They discuss the multiple ensembles McCraven will lead, the 10th Anniversary of his landmark album In the Moment, and his plans for future projects.
Moxy Hotel - Factory Loft, 145 Bowery NYC | 4:00 PM
FREE with RSVP HERE
Friday, January 10, 2025
Manhattan Marathon @ LPR, 11:15 PM
SPONTANEOUS COMPOSITION:
Makaya McCraven improvises with Junius Paul, Matt Gold, Marquis Hill, and Josh Johnson
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Brooklyn Marathon @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, 12:30 AM (Sat night)
IN THE MOMENT, IN THESE TIMES:
Makaya McCraven Ensemble performs arrangements of music from In The Moment for the breakthrough album's 10 year anniversary with Junius Paul, Matt Gold, Marquis Hill, Josh Johnson, Joel Ross and Brandee Younger
Sunday, January 12, 2025 SOLD OUT
SUNDAY JAZZ DANCE SESSIONS @ Xanadu, 6 PM - Midnight
Gilles Peterson with Kieran Hebden, Makaya McCraven, Emma-Jean Thackray, Zacchae’us Paul presents “JAZZ MONEY” with Melanie Charles, Lovie and surprise guests
Tuesday, January 14, 2015 SOLD OUT
Public Records, 7 PM Doors, 8 PM Show
INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF ‘IN THE MOMENT’ WITH MAKAYA MCCRAVEN & GILLES PETERSON
A night of spontaneous composition with Makaya McCraven and musicians TBA, with DJ sets by Gilles Peterson.
Our artist-in-residence this year, drummer, beatmaker and exploratory mixtape artist Makaya McCraven, will perform in at least four different configurations over the course of the festival. A prolific drummer, composer and producer, McCraven has been aptly called a “cultural synthesizer,” with a unique gift for collapsing space, destroying borders and blending past, present and future into poly-textural arrangements of post-genre, jazz-rooted 21st-century folk music. According to The New York Times, “McCraven has quietly become one of the best arguments for jazz’s vitality.”