Pianist
Chick Corea had a reunion with bassist
Miroslav Vitous and drummer
Roy Haynes for this double LP, 13 years after they had recorded
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs. The first half of this two-fer consists of duet and trio free improvisations and is sometimes a touch lightweight even with moments of interest; playing free was not as natural to
Corea by this time as it had been in the '60s. However, the second album, seven
Thelonious Monk compositions, comes across quite well as
Corea does justice to the spirit of
Monk without losing his own strong musical personality. ~ Scott Yanow