Drummer, producer and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven studied under Archie Shepp, Marion Brown and Yusef Lateef, and then to the Chicago scene. He has created a jazz-informed musical concept which takes technology and improvisation and creates something altogether new.

McCraven is an internationally known jazz artist and next-wave composer producer, blurring the boundaries of jazz and electronic music. Hear him at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, downtown, Thursday, June 20th at 8 — Tickets at $13.75.