ExmouthExile
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- Feb 11, 2005
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Stevie Wonder is playing his first gig in tokyo and the place is packed to the rafters. In a bid to break the ice with his new audience, Stevie asks if anyone has a request, a little old man in the first row jumps out of his seat and shouts on top note "play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord!". Amazed that this guy knows about the jazz inluences in Stevies varied career the blind impresario starts to play an e-minor scale and then goes into a difficult jazz melody for ten minutes. When he finishes the place goes wild. the old man jumps up and shouts again, "no play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord". A bit peeved by this, Stevie, being the professional he is, dives straight into a jazz impovisation with his band around the b-flat minor chord and really tears the place apart. The crowd goes wildwith this impromptu show of his technical expertise. But the little man jumps up again, "no,no play a jazz chord!" Now truly peeved that the little guy doesn't seem to appreciatehis playing ability, Stevie invites him up and says O.K. you start us off. The little old man grabs the mike and starts to sing....
"A jazz chord, to say I ruv you...."
"A jazz chord, to say I ruv you...."
