Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

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Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	1968
Recorded	Mar 14, 1968-Mar 27, 1968
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:20
Label	Solid State
Producer(s)	?
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Tones for Joan's Bones (1966)	Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)	Is (1969)

Now He Sings, Now He Sobs is a highly influential jazz piano trio album by Chick Corea, released March 14, 1968.

The musicians on this album are Corea (piano), Miroslav Vitouš (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums). Aside from the standard "My One and Only Love" and Thelonious Monk's "Pannonica", all the compositions are Chick Corea originals. The second half of "Steps--What Was" is an early version of Corea's "La Fiesta".

In 1999, the album was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Steps - What Was"
2. "Matrix"
3. "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs"
4. "Now He Beats The Drum, Now He Stops"
5. "The Law Of Falling And Catching Up"
6. "Samba Yantra"
7. "Bossa"
8. "I Don't Know"
9. "Fragments"
10. "Windows"
11. "Gemini"
12. "Pannonica"
13. "My One And Only Love"

(tracks 6-13 don't appear on original release. Track running order is different on some reissues)