When Chicago drummer Makaya McCraven released his album In the Moment a decade ago few could have foreseen its prescience, not just as a grand statement representing the aesthetic tendencies of International Anthem, the influential label that released it, but as a sonic blueprint for the leader. That album was famously culled from 48 hours of recordings made during a weekly residency at a club in Chicago in 2013, with the drummer subsequently building compositions in the studio from groove-oriented live improvisations played by an ever-changing cast of local heavies, including guitarist Jeff Parker, trumpeter Marquis Hill, and bassist Junius Paul, all of whom remain frequent collaborators. Although McCraven’s last studio album—the orchestrally sumptuous…

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