Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

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Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs.jpg
Studio album by
Chick Corea
ReleasedDecember 1968 [1]
RecordedMarch 14, 19 and 27, 1968
StudioA&R Studios, New York City
GenreJazz, free jazz
Length40:24 Original LP
68:48 CD reissue
LabelSolid State
SR 3157
Blue Note
2002 CD reissue {724353826529}
ProducerSonny Lester
Chick Corea chronology
Tones for Joan's Bones
(1966) 		Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
(1968) 		Is
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings4/4 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 stars[3]

Now He Sings, Now He Sobs is the second album by Chick Corea, released in December of 1968 on Solid State Records. It was later reissued on CD by Blue Note in 2002 with bonus tracks previously issued on Circling In, a 1975 Blue Note twofer.

The album features a trio consisting of Corea on acoustic piano, bassist Miroslav Vitouš, and drummer Roy Haynes. All of the tracks on the original album are improvisations based on Corea’s ideas, with some being entirely free improvisations (such as "The Law of Falling and Catching Up" and "Fragments"). Vitous and Haynes would reunite with Corea as an acoustic trio on Trio Music (ECM, 1982), and Trio Music, Live in Europe (ECM, 1986).

The bonus tracks released on the CD include a cover of Thelonious Monk’s “Pannonica”, and the standard “My One and Only Love”.

In 1999, the single "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

Reception[]

The singer Bilal names it among his 25 favorite albums, explaining that, "I think that's just one of the best jazz trio albums ever. Mostly every jazz musician I talk to love that album. It's just a classic."[5]

Track listing[]

All tracks are originals by the performers, except where noted.

Original release

  1. "Steps - What Was" – 13:53
  2. "Matrix" – 6:29
  3. "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" – 7:05
  4. "Now He Beats the Drum, Now He Stops" – 10:40
  5. "The Law of Falling and Catching Up" – 2:28

1988 CD release bonus tracks

  1. "Samba Yantra" – 2:41
  2. "Bossa" – 4:44
  3. "I Don't Know" – 2:43
  4. "Fragments" – 4:03
  5. "Windows" – 3:12
  6. "Gemini" – 4:23
  7. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:00
  8. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 3:34

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Billboard Dec 21, 1968
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 51. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Simmons, Ted (February 26, 2013). "Bilal's 25 Favorite Albums". Complex. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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