Edd
Member
Registered: 8th Nov 04
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
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. A Japanese man jumps out of his seat in the first row
and shouts at the top of his voice
"Play 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 man jumps up again and
shouts
"No, no, play a Jazz chord, play a Jazz chord"
A bit pi$$ed off by this, Stevie, being the professional that he is, dives
straight into a jazz improvisation with his band around the B flat minor
chord and really tears the place apart. The crowd roars for this impromptu
show of his technical expertise.
The man jumps up again.
"No, no. Play a Jazz chord, play a jazz chord".
Well and truly pi$$ed off that this little guy doesn''t seem to appreciate
his playing ability, Stevie says to him from the stage "OK smart ass. You
get up here and do it!"
The man climbs up onto the stage, takes hold of the mike and starts to sing
...
" A jazz chord to say I ruv you..."
sorry
|
