Now He Sings, Now He Sobs  

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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.

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

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

Personnel

• Chick Corea – piano
• Miroslav Vitouš – bass
• Roy Haynes – drums
• Sonny Lester – producer