Makaya McCraven is a jazz drummer, producer, and composer who works primarily in the fusion genre, but only in the broadest sense of the world. He has built a career on creating a jazz-based hybrid music that incorporates hip-hop, funk, and electronic as well as various musical traditions from around the world. He may be in his element when he gathers musicians for extended improvisation sessions, takes the recording, and edits and mixes them into complete pieces. He has done this with local musicians in cities with established jazz traditions, such as London, New York, Los Angeles, and Paris over a few of albums and the results highlight a lot of cutting edge music and a diversity in style. This method also informs the shadings of the music he creates, though as a drummer, he is fairly focused on the groove and beat construction rather than flashy gestures. His 2021 album is a reinterpretation of Gil Scott-Heron's last recorded album, I'm New Here.