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Makaya McCraven – In These Times
Makaya McCraven
In These Times
Style: Jazz
Label: XL Recordings
Catalog Number: 1-695228
Released: 2022
Committing to and supporting the music of Makaya McCraven while he’s still in his thirties feels like both a no-brainer – nobody’s currently making better jazz records – and an investment in the brilliant drummer-composer’s future. In These Times was composed across seven years, during which time McCraven issued a string of profound percussion-led records for International Anthem. Built on what the obi strip describes as “polytemporal compositions collapsing past, present & future,” In These Times features contributions from artists including guitarist Jeff Parker, cellist Marta Sofia Honer, and saxophonists Greg Ward and Irvin Pierce. McCraven leads the dozen-plus players while himself working through his own instrumental cornucopia: Drums, sampler, percussion, tambourine, synth, kalimba, handclaps, vibraphone, sitar, keyboards, and organ.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tracklist:
A1 In These Times
A2 The Fours
A3 High Fives
A4 Dream Another
A5 Lullaby
B1 This Place That Place
B2 The Calling
B3 Seventh String
B4 So Ubuji
B5 The Knew Untitled
B6 The Title
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Greg Ward (2)
Art Direction – Caroline Waxse
Cello – Lia Kohl
Cover, Photography – Sulyiman
Design – Jake Simmonds
Double Bass, Percussion, Electric Bass – Junius Paul
Engineer, Mixed By – Dave Vettraino, David Allen (10)
Executive-Producer – Scott McNiece
Flute – De’Sean Jones
Guitar – Jeff Parker
Guitar, Percussion, Sitar – Matt Gold
Harp – Brandee Younger
Mastered By – Dave Cooley
Piano – Greg Spero, Rob Clearfield
Recorded By – Najee-Zaid Searcy
Tenor Saxophone – Irvin Pierce
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Marquis Hill
Vibraphone, Marimba – Joel Ross (3)
Viola – Marta Sofia Honer
Violin – Macie Stewart, Zara Zaharieva
Written By, Producer, Drums, Sampler, Percussion, Tambourine, Synth, Kalimba, Handclaps, Vibraphone, Sitar, Keyboards, Organ, Engineer, Mixed By – Makaya McCraven
