Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	1968
Recorded	March 14, 19 and 27, 1968 A&R Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:24 Original LP 68:48 CD reissue
Label	Solid State SR 3157 Blue Note 2002 CD reissue {724353826529}
Producer	Sonny Lester
Chick Corea chronology
Tones for Joan's Bones (1966) Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) Is (1969)

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Now He Sings, Now He Sobs is a highly influential jazz piano trio album by Chick Corea, released March 14, 1968 on Solid State Records. In more recent times, 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.

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

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"

CD release bonus tracks

6. "Samba Yantra"
7. "Bossa"
8. "I Don't Know"
9. "Fragments"
10. "Windows"
11. "Gemini"
12. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk)
13. "My One and Only Love" (Wood/Mellin)

Personnel

• Chick Corea – Piano
• Roy Haynes – Drums
• Miroslav Vitous – Bass

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