Spain (instrumental)

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"Spain" is an

instrumental jazz fusion composition by jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea. It is likely Corea's most recognized piece, and is considered a jazz standard.[1]

"Spain" was composed in 1971 and appeared in its original (and best-known) rendition on the album

Béla Fleck
in 1979. A version with lyrics by
Al Jarreau, "Spain (I Can Recall)", appeared on the 1980 album This Time. More recently, Corea had performed his composition as a duo with Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara. A version of "Spain" was performed by Stevie Wonder at his 2008 Concert in London. The introduction used in the song is from Concierto de Aranjuez, a guitar concerto by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo.

The Light as a Feather version of "Spain" received two

Best Instrumental Arrangement
Grammy for "Spain for Sextet and Orchestra".

Composition

Corea opens the Light as a Feather version of "Spain" with the

Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
.

Corea took inspiration from Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia for this piece.[2]

After the intro, the song switches to a fast, steady

samba
-like rhythm, in which the main theme and an improvisation part are repeated.

The chord progression used during the improvisation part is based on harmonic progressions in Rodrigo's concerto. It runs as follows:

 | Gmaj7 | F#7 | Em7 A7 | Dmaj7 (Gmaj7) | C#7 F#7 | Bm B7 |


Appearances

By Chick Corea

Covers

References

  1. ^ "Chick Corea". Blue Note. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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