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℗ 2022 International Anthem Recording Co., distributed in North & South America by Nonesuch Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company
Released | June 21, 2022 |
Duration | 41m 12s |
Record Label | International Anthem/Nonesuch |
Genre | Jazz |
1.1
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In These Times
Makaya McCraven |
7:09 | |||
1.2
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The Fours
Makaya McCraven |
3:26 | |||
1.3
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High Fives
Makaya McCraven |
3:39 | |||
1.4
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Dream Another
Makaya McCraven |
3:12 | |||
1.5
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Lullaby
Makaya McCraven |
3:33 | |||
1.6
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This Place That Place
Makaya McCraven |
3:56 | |||
1.7
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The Calling
Makaya McCraven |
1:47 | |||
1.8
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Seventh String
Makaya McCraven |
3:05 | |||
1.9
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So Ubuji
Makaya McCraven |
3:01 | |||
1.10
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The Knew Untitled
Makaya McCraven |
4:27 | |||
1.11
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The Title
Makaya McCraven |
3:57 |
In These Times is the new album by Chicago-based percussionist, composer, and producer Makaya McCraven.
As epic and expansive as it is impressively potent and concise, the 11 song suite was created over 7+ years, as McCraven strived to design a highly personal but broadly communicable fusion of odd-meter original compositions from his working songbook with orchestral, large ensemble arrangements and the edit-heavy “organic beat music” that he’s honed over a growing body of production-craft.
With contributions from over a dozen musicians and creative partners from his tight-knit circle of collaborators – including Jeff Parker, Junius Paul, Brandee Younger, Joel Ross, and Marquis Hill – the music was recorded in 5 different studios and 4 live performance spaces while McCraven engaged in extensive post-production work from home. The pure fact that he was able to so eloquently condense and articulate the immense human scale of the work into 41 fleeting minutes of emotive and engaging sound is a monumental achievement. It’s an evolution and a milestone for McCraven, the producer; but moreover it’s the strongest and clearest statement we’ve yet to hear from McCraven, the composer.
In These Times is an almost unfathomable new peak for an already-soaring innovator who has been called "one of the best arguments for jazz's vitality" by The New York Times, as well as recently, and perhaps more aptly, a "cultural synthesizer." While challenging and pushing himself into uncharted territories, McCraven quintessentially expresses his unique gifts for collapsing space and transcending borders – blending past, present, and future into elegant, poly-textural arrangements of jazz-rooted, post-genre 21st century folk music.
credits
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – International Anthem/Nonesuch Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.16 -0.30 to 0.00 | -12.95 -14.59 to -11.53 | -10.94 -12.20 to -9.50 | 8 7 to 9 | |
1 | In These Times | 0.00 | -13.39 | -11.2 | 7 |
2 | The Fours | -0.17 | -12.63 | -11.2 | 8 |
3 | High Fives | 0.00 | -12.85 | -11.1 | 9 |
4 | Dream Another | -0.04 | -13.58 | -11.4 | 9 |
5 | Lullaby | -0.29 | -14.59 | -12.2 | 8 |
6 | This Place That Place | 0.00 | -11.68 | -9.7 | 7 |
7 | The Calling | -0.30 | -13.60 | -11.0 | 8 |
8 | Seventh String | 0.00 | -11.53 | -9.5 | 7 |
9 | So Ubuji | -0.19 | -12.18 | -10.4 | 8 |
10 | The Knew Untitled | 0.00 | -12.76 | -10.9 | 8 |
11 | The Title | -0.12 | -13.68 | -11.7 | 9 |