Now He Sings Now He Sobs [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Chick Corea | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 16, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1968
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B0000691U2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,089 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #22 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Modern Post Bop

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing, a must-have for jazz piano students, July 30, 2002

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Ron Cronovich "Ron" (Kenosha, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now He Sings Now He Sobs (Audio CD)

This album was first recommended to me in 1982 by Dan Hearle, perhaps the best jazz piano teacher of all time and author of many books on improvisation and chord voicings and other aspects of jazz piano and jazz playing. I was taking Dan's jazz piano master class at North Texas State University (now called University of North Texas), and he played it for us and urged us to grab up any copies of this important, then out-of-print album that we could find.

Thankfully, the album came out on cd, and now has been freshly remastered. I have the original cd, so I can't comment on the sound quality of the remaster. The sound quality of the original is very good, though.

More importantly, the playing is amazing. At that young age, Chick was already a mature and important player and composer. Most of the tracks on "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" are accessible and enjoyable to any jazz fan, not just students of jazz piano. (In contrast, another Corea jazz trio album from the same era "The Song of Singing" contains more free jazz and is less accessible.)

"Now He Sings" features great playing by Roy Haynes and Miroslav Vitous. This excellent trio had a reunion in the 1980s, to record (at least) two more albums: "Trio Music" and "Trio Music: Live in Europe". Their 1980s sound is more mature, their individual styles are more fully realized, but the 1960s recording "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" is still a gem that belongs in the collection of jazz pianists and jazz fans alike.

Highly recommended.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a jazz milestone, September 25, 2004

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Cedric Westphal "cedichou" (san francisco, ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now He Sings Now He Sobs (Audio CD)

Roy Haynes, Miroslav Vitous, Chick Corea team here on this amazing cd. One of the best piano trio albums of all times. It is from 68, but it sounds much fresher than this. I guess because most of the tunes are Corea originals, and that the band has a distinctive sound. Corea is inspired and tirelessly inventive. Roy Haynes drives the beat, echoing the piano's rythmic inventions, as if he was an extension of Corea. Well, I cannot single out Roy, as it is the whole band that is symbiotic. This is a classic.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Corea Album, January 13, 2007

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Bradley Olin (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now He Sings Now He Sobs (Audio CD)

I bought this album after listening to an interview with Chick Corea on NPR over the summer last year. In the interview he was asked the quintessential question: "What is your favorite album that you've put out over the years?". His answer was this album.

The album stands up to that testament. The emotion, energy, and talent of Chick and his band is incredible. Every time I listen to this album I hear something new. I'd give it 6 stars if I could.