(i Can Recall) Spain by Chick Corea Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

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Spain (I Can Recall) - Al Jarreau (Vocal/Synthesizer Solo/Scat Solo)

This is a lead sheet with a complete copy of the synthesizer solo and scat solo of the vocal version of Chick Corea's famous song "Spain" from the album "This Time" released in 1980 by Al Jarreau, a jazz fusion singer known for his singing percussion.

PDF format, 4 pages.

Lyrics：Al Jarreau, Arthur J. Maren
Composer：Chick Corea, Joaquin Vidre Rodrigo

Vocal：Al Jarreau
Synthesizer & Rhodes Electric Piano：Larry Williams
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Steve Gadd
Produced by Jay Graydon

Song Description
This is a jazz fusion classic from Chick Corea's 1972 Return To Forever album, "Light As A Feather", with lyrics by Al himself.
The synthesizer solo was played by Larry Williams, a keyboardist and saxophonist of the fusion band Seawind, who skillfully used upper structure triad arpeggios to drive the song in a wide range.
Al's scat solo in the latter half of the song is a highlight. It starts with a relaxed phrase, moving in a close range in the first half, and shows a sign of excitement with flutter tangling in D (a technique unique to wind instruments that makes the sound tremble by fine movements of the tongue) at the beginning of the second half. The last four bars of the song are a perfect blend of alternating scales and blue notes, folding in exquisite ups and downs, and finally resolving to B major at the end.
In the chord progression, the second half of [B] and Gmaj7 (two beats after Dmaj7) in [E] and [M] are not Chick Corea's original, but he seems to use them in this arrangement.