Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

Now He Sings, Now He Sobs is the second album by Chick Corea, released December 1968 on Solid State Records. It was later acquired by EMI/Blue Note and reissued on CD in 2002 with bonus tracks. The album features an acoustic piano trio consisting of Corea, Miroslav Vitouš (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums). Aside from the jazz standard "My One and Only Love" and Thelonious Monk's "Pannonica", all tracks are original compositions (with some being free improvisations, such as "The Law of Falling and Catching Up" and "Fragments"). The same trio recorded on ECM Records in 1981 Trio Music and in 1986 Trio Music, Live in Europe.

Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
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
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

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."[4]

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. Simmons, Ted (February 26, 2013). "Bilal's 25 Favorite Albums". Complex. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
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