a Jaz chord - 01-18-07, 05:30 PM
Stevie Wonder is playing his first gig in Tokyo and the place is absolutely
packed to the rafters. In a bid to break the ice with his new audience he
asks if anyone would like him to play a request. An old Japanese man jumps
out of his seat in the first row and shouts at the top of his voice "Play a
Jazz chord! Play a jazz chord!".
Amazed that this guy knows about the jazz influences in Stevie's varied
career, the blind impresario starts to play an E minor scale and then goes
into a difficult jazz melody for about 10 minutes. When he finishes the
whole place goes wild. The little old man jumps up again and shouts "No,
no, play a Jazz chord! Play a Jazz chord!".
A bit annoyed by this, Stevie, being the professional that he is, dives
straight into a jazz improvisation with his band around the B flat minor
chord and really tears the place apart. The crowd goes wild with this
impromptu show of his technical expertise.
The little old man jumps up again. "No, no. Play a Jazz chord! Play a jazz
chord!"
Well and truly fed up that this little guy doesn't seem to appreciate his
playing ability, Stevie says to him from the stage "OK old man. You get up
here and show me how!"
The old Japanese man climbs up on to the stage, takes hold of the mike...
and starts to sing .....
"A jazz chord to say I ruv you..."
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