• Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Sep 23, 2022
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
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  1. Aug 24, 2023
    8
    Amazing effort, very cool jazz project. For a novice like me it kept me on toes from front to back as each and every time I listened to it was a true delight.
    Tracks have a beautiful changing pace and demonstrate a huge panel of sounds and textures underlined by many diverse instruments.
    'The Title' is very accessible, chill and soft. Percussions on 'So Ubuji' are very funny and goes
    Amazing effort, very cool jazz project. For a novice like me it kept me on toes from front to back as each and every time I listened to it was a true delight.
    Tracks have a beautiful changing pace and demonstrate a huge panel of sounds and textures underlined by many diverse instruments.
    'The Title' is very accessible, chill and soft.
    Percussions on 'So Ubuji' are very funny and goes slowly wild in a perfect way.
    The second half of 'Lullaby' must be my favorite movement of the whole album, with this piano part coming out poetically. The eponymous title 'In These Times' that begins the album also is terrific, especially its long crescendo.
    Its is for me a must-listen as a recent album far all who is concerned or wants to get involved in jazz music.
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  2. Oct 10, 2022
    9
    Beim ersten Mal, klick und klack, es fusioniert im rhythmischen und „gedämpften“ Tamtam. Alle Instrumente klingen. Liebe und Zuneigung für diese Arbeit und gute Zeit.

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Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Oct 31, 2022
    82
    In These Times is an alluring listen because it is multi-faceted and fun.
  2. 80
    This isn’t just required listening; it’s also a realization that McCraven’s efforts offer us a glimmer of hope – somehow lifting us up and pushing us towards the heavens.
  3. Oct 24, 2022
    80
    The strength of In These Times is in its considered arrangements. The melodies take center stage rather than solely the kinetic rhythmic attack McCraven can unleash whenever he pleases. And when he pleases, his percussion charts can hit with a ferocity that shudders like drum licks plucked from a lengthy Fela-meets James-Brown after-hours live session.