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Universal Beings Is a Composed Record That Sounds Like a Live One

Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings, released October 26, 2018, on International Anthem, is remembered as a four-cities travelogue, but its deeper argument is about the studio edit as a jazz compositional tool. McCraven recorded free improvisations with distinct ensembles in Queens, Chicago, London, and Los Angeles, then rebuilt the music from the inside out.