Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs is a jazz piano trio album by Chick Corea, released December 1968 on Solid State Records. In 1988, it was acquired by EMI/Blue Note and reissued on CD with bonus tracks. The musicians on this album are Corea (piano), 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 non-composed free improvisations, such as "The Law of Falling and Catching Up" or "Fragments"). The same line-up recorded on ECM Records in 1981 Trio Music and in 1986 Trio Music, Live in Europe.
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Released | December 1968 [1] | |||
Recorded | March 14, 19 and 27, 1968 | |||
Studio | A&R Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz, free jazz | |||
Length | 40:24 Original LP 68:48 CD reissue | |||
Label | Solid State SR 3157 Blue Note 2002 CD reissue {724353826529} | |||
Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
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In 1999, the single "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
Track listing
All tracks are originals by the performers, except where noted.
Original release
- "Steps - What Was" – 13:53
- "Matrix" – 6:29
- "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" – 7:05
- "Now He Beats the Drum, Now He Stops" – 10:40
- "The Law of Falling and Catching Up" – 2:28
1988 CD release bonus tracks
- "Samba Yantra" – 2:41
- "Bossa" – 4:44
- "I Don't Know" – 2:43
- "Fragments" – 4:03
- "Windows" – 3:12
- "Gemini" – 4:23
- "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:00
- "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 3:34
Personnel
- Chick Corea – piano
- Miroslav Vitouš – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
References
- Billboard Dec 21, 1968
- Yanow, Scott (2011). "Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 51. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.