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Recorded over a year after Chick Corea's debut Tones for Joan's Bones -- a record cut in late 1966 but not appearing until 1968 -- Now He Sings, Now He Sobs feels like his true first album, the place where he put all the pieces in motion for his long, adventurous career. Much of that has to do with the closed quarters of its recording. Supported by drummer Roy Haynes and bassist Miroslav Vitous, Corea has the freedom to run wild on his five original compositions, letting chords cluster alongside fleet melodic runs. Haynes and Vitous play with the same sense of liberation, which pushes Now He Sings, Now He Sobs into a sweet spot where hard bop and avant intersect. There's an intellectual rigor balanced by an instinctual hunger that makes for music that's lively and challenging while also containing a patina of comfort. Chalk the latter up to the elegance of Corea's piano trio: they move through the dense bop with the same grace that they settle into ballads, a sound that is warm and inviting, yet never disguises how the trio -- and Corea especially -- never stop probing and exploring the outer edges of this music. While it's possible to hear Now He Sings, Now He Sobs as an opening salvo to Corea's career, it also exists as its own special thing because it captures the pianist at the brink: it's kinetic, exciting, and filled with endless possibilities.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Don Hahn, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records Inc.
Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Blue Note Records
Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Blue Note Records
Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Blue Note Records
Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Composer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
Thelonious Monk, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Blue Note Records
Malcolm Addey, Remixer, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Lester, Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Mellin, ComposerLyricist - Guy Wood, ComposerLyricist - Miroslav Vitous, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Roy Haynes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Blue Note Records
Album review
Recorded over a year after Chick Corea's debut Tones for Joan's Bones -- a record cut in late 1966 but not appearing until 1968 -- Now He Sings, Now He Sobs feels like his true first album, the place where he put all the pieces in motion for his long, adventurous career. Much of that has to do with the closed quarters of its recording. Supported by drummer Roy Haynes and bassist Miroslav Vitous, Corea has the freedom to run wild on his five original compositions, letting chords cluster alongside fleet melodic runs. Haynes and Vitous play with the same sense of liberation, which pushes Now He Sings, Now He Sobs into a sweet spot where hard bop and avant intersect. There's an intellectual rigor balanced by an instinctual hunger that makes for music that's lively and challenging while also containing a patina of comfort. Chalk the latter up to the elegance of Corea's piano trio: they move through the dense bop with the same grace that they settle into ballads, a sound that is warm and inviting, yet never disguises how the trio -- and Corea especially -- never stop probing and exploring the outer edges of this music. While it's possible to hear Now He Sings, Now He Sobs as an opening salvo to Corea's career, it also exists as its own special thing because it captures the pianist at the brink: it's kinetic, exciting, and filled with endless possibilities.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:44
- Main artists: Chick Corea
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
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