# In These Times | Makaya McCraven | International Anthem
In These Times by Makaya McCraven, released 23 September 2022 1. In These Times 2. The Fours 3. High Fives 4. Dream Another 5. Lullaby 6. This Place That Place 7. The Calling 8. Seventh String 9. So Ubuji 10. The Knew Untitled 11. The Title In These Times is the new album by Chicago-based percussionist, composer, producer, and pillar of our label family, Makaya McCraven. Although this album is “new,&quot; the truth it’s something that&#39;s been in process for a very long time, since shortly after he released his International Anthem debut In The Moment in 2015. Dedicated followers may note [cut: 2718 characters, first 597 kept]

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## In These Times

### by Makaya McCraven

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suzicane This album is a soundtrack to the world. Truly magnificent. Favorite track: Seventh String.
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| 1. | In These Times 07:09 |  | buy track
| 2. | The Fours 03:26 video |  | buy track
| 3. | High Fives 03:39 |  | buy track
| 4. | Dream Another 03:12 video |  | buy track
| 5. | Lullaby 03:33 |  | buy track
| 6. | This Place That Place 03:56 |  | buy track
| 7. | The Calling 01:47 |  | buy track
| 8. | Seventh String 03:05 |  | buy track
| 9. | So Ubuji 03:01 video |  | buy track
| 10. | The Knew Untitled 04:27 |  | buy track
| 11. | The Title 03:57 |  | buy track

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In These Times is the new album by Chicago-based percussionist, composer, producer, and pillar of our label family, Makaya McCraven.
Although this album is “new," the truth it’s something that's been in process for a very long time, since shortly after he released his International Anthem debut In The Moment in 2015. Dedicated followers may note he’s had 6 other releases in the meantime (including 2018’s widely-popular Universal Beings and 2020’s We’re New Again, his rework of Gil Scott-Heron’s final album for XL Recordings); but none of which have been as definitive an expression of his artistic ethos as In These Times. This is the album McCraven’s been trying to make since he started making records. And his patience, ambition, and persistence have yielded an appropriately career-defining body of work.
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

released September 23, 2022
Makaya McCraven - drums, sampler, percussion, tambourine, baby sitar, synths, kalimba, handclaps, vibraphone, wurlitzer, organ
Junius Paul - double bass, percussion, electric bass guitar, small instruments
Jeff Parker - guitar
Brandee Younger - harp
Joel Ross - vibraphone, marimba
Marta Sofia Honer - viola
Lia Kohl - cello
Macie Stewart - violin
Zara Zaharieva - violin
Greg Ward - alto sax
Irvin Pierce - tenor sax
Marquis Hill - trumpet, flugelhorn
Greg Spero - piano
Rob Clearfield - piano
Matt Gold - guitar, percussion, baby sitar
De’Sean Jones - flute
All music composed by Makaya McCraven; except “Lullaby” composed by Makaya McCraven based off a song originally written by Péter Dabasi and Agnes Zsigmondi. All music published by Makaya McCraven Music (ASCAP) & International Anthem Publishing (ASCAP), administered by Domino Publishing Company USA (ASCAP).
"In These Times" contains an excerpt of audio from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive, used with permission, courtesy of Chicago History Museum and WFMT.
Recorded at Co-Prosperity Sphere Chicago; Symphony Center Chicago; JAMDEK Studios Chicago; Palisade Studios Chicago (fka Decade Music Studios); Shirk Studios Chicago; Makaya Music Studios; Walker Arts Center Minneapolis; Submerge Studios Detroit; Sholo Music Studios LA.
Produced by Makaya McCraven.
Engineered and Mixed by Dave Vettraino, David Allen, and Makaya McCraven, with recording assistance from Najee-Zaid Searcy.
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Mastering.
Executive Production by Scott McNiece.
Cover Image & Insert Photos by Sulyiman.
Art Direction by Caroline Waxse.
Designed by Jake Simmonds.

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