Over the course of 3 days in London, drummer/producer Makaya McCraven connected with first time collaborators (Theon Cross, Nubya Garcia, Joe Armon-Jones, Soweto Kinch, Ashley Henry, Daniel Casimir and Kamaal Williams) and did 2 improvised performances as part of a 2-night showcase called CHICAGOxLONDON at legendary UK Jazz hub Total Refreshment Centre (TRC). The following Sunday afternoon five producers (LeFtO, Ben LaMar Gay, Quiet Dawn, Earl Jeffers & Don Leisure of the Darkhouse Family) were invited to TRC to participate in an event called Fresh Roasted: Live Beat-Making & Battle, where they did live remixes of the recordings from Makaya & co’s CHICAGOxLONDON performances. Remixes by Emma-Jean Thackray and Lexus Blondin were added to the pool, at which point Makaya took all the remixes and the raw live recordings from TRC back to his home studio in Chicago, chopped everything up and re-composed the music into two continuous side suites for this CHICAGO x LONDON mixtape. Side A Halls McCraven On The Mic Ox Tales Suite for Artis Gilmore Jupiter Jawn The Oracle Side B The Bounce! King Drive 86' Cutlass No Plates Run 'Dem Too Shy Drums&Bruk&FeelTheVibe Birthday Solo TRC Thank You Outro Where We Come From

• Internal ID: JITRE
• Genre: Jazz
• Released: 3/1/19
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Format Detail: 12" Vinyl Black vinyl LP packaged in heavyweight matte jacket, with printed insert, obi strip & 2 si
• Format: Vinyl