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Chick Corea’s instrumental of “Spain” is influenced from traditional Spanish music. The chord progression used during the improvisation part is based on harmonic progressions of GMAJ7, F#7, Em7, A7, DMAJ7, C#7, F#7, Bm, B7. The claps are done on the 1 and the 3 and then falls back into a repeat of the fast paced Latin jazz samba rhythm. At the break of the song, the listener is required to clap along to the beat which is indeed a part of the original recording and sheet music. The flutes are accompanying the piano’s melody, while the business keeps a fast and steady pace. After the intro, the song switches to a fast, Latin jazz samba rhythm, in which the main theme and an improvisation part are repeated. The percussion and woodwind instruments are then introduced. The song is introduced with a lengthy piano solo with a cello in the background complimenting the piano. It is played in common time(4/4) and is originally played at a very fast pace. This February, I witnessed Lehman College’s Latin Jazz Band perform a cover to Spain. Spain was composed in 1971 and appeared in its original and most well known rendition on the album Light As A Feather. It is likely Corea’s most recognized piece, and some would consider it a modern jazz standard. Spain is an instrumental jazz fusion composition by jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea. As a result of my growing interest of Latin and Jazz music, I decided for my blog post to be on the song Spain by Chick Corea.
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