''In His Good Time'' is a live solo piano album by

Chris McGregor Christopher McGregor (24 December 1936 – 26 May 1990) was a South African jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset West, South Africa. Early influences McGregor grew up in the then Transkei (now part of the Eastern Cape Prov ...

. Dedicated to "the ONE who brings all things to be in His Good Time," it was recorded on November 18, 1977, at the Palais des Glaces in

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, and was released on LP in 1979 by

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. In 2012, Ogun reissued the album on CD in expanded form, with the first eight tracks presenting the concert's first set as a continuous performance, and the remaining tracks extracted from the second set. The music includes originals, traditional pieces, and tunes composed by McGregor's colleagues

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and

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Reception

In a review for ''

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'', Mike Hobart stated that the album "confirms what a fine technician and improviser" McGregor was, and noted that the first set "juxtaposes warm-hearted hymns with thoughtful ballads and rampaging swirls with lilting township riffs." Chris May of ''

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'' wrote: "There is a purity—a straightforward joy—in McGregor's performances, which communicates itself powerfully. The 54-minute first set is played as a continuum... and becomes pleasingly hypnotic." ''Point of Departures John Litweiler commented: "The complex rhythms and hymn harmonies of South African kwela music dance through much of this disc... McGregor is a decorator, an arranger, an inventor of variations, and only secondarily an improviser... This CD is certainly a personal statement by an important artist, and there's pleasure in this music." The editors of ''

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'' selected the album as one of 2012's best reissues, and Ken Waxman remarked: "Practically stream-of-consciousness playing... McGregor's well-modulated solid and swinging lines easily reflect his background. Studded with Kwela and ecclesiastical tropes, he's a jazzman with no recourse to the blues. When he doesn't sound as if he's playing for a footstomping religious service or a simple dance, his tremolo muscularity can be linked to the sounds of Herbie Nichols, McCoy Tyner, or, when he breaks into free time contrasting dynamics, early Cecil Taylor."

LP track listing

Track timings not provided. # "Call" # "Raincloud" # "Umhome" # "Yikiti" # "In His Good Time" # "Mngqusho / The Bride / Ududu Nombambula"

CD track listing

# "Green Hymn" (Chris McGregor) – 7:04 # "Kwa Tebugo" (Chris McGregor) – 9:25 # "Sonia" (

) – 8:47 # "Call" (Chris McGregor) – 7:40 # "Raincloud" (Chris McGregor) – 3:06 # "Umhome" (Traditional, arranged by Chris McGregor) – 9:27 # "Burning Bush" (Chris McGregor) – 4:51 # "Shekele" (Traditional, arranged by Chris McGregor) – 5:06 # "Yikiti" (Chris McGregor) – 4:15 # "Mngqusho" (Chris McGregor) – 4:07 # "In His Good Time" (Chris McGregor) – 4:17 # "The Bride" (

) – 2:09 # "Ududu Nombambula" (Chris McGregor) – 3:09

Personnel

– piano

References

{{Authority control 1979 live albums Chris McGregor live albums Solo piano jazz albums Ogun Records live albums