Which one is your favorite? - LXIX -

This week's piece is dedicated to the great Chick Corea who passed away very recently. He was considered to be one of the major piano players to emerge in jazz and a pioneer in the creation of fusion at a time when jazz was fading away...

Here is the song for this week;

"Spain"

It is an instrumental jazz fusion composition by jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea. It is likely Corea's most recognized piece, and is considered a jazz standard. "Spain" was composed in 1971 and appeared in its original (and most well-known) rendition on the album Light as a Feather, with performances by Corea (Rhodes electric piano), Airto Moreira (drums), Flora Purim (vocals and percussion), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Joe Farrell (flute). 

The introduction used in the song is from Concierto de Aranjuez, a guitar concerto by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo.

The Light as a Feather version of "Spain" received two Grammy nominations, for Best Instrumental Arrangement and for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by a Group. In 2001, Corea was awarded the Best Instrumental Arrangement Grammy for "Spain for Sextet and Orchestra".

Here are the 7 versions I picked for you;

• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - "Spain"

• Al Jarreau - "Spain (I Can Recall)"

• Stevie Wonder - "Spain"

• Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Spain"

• Michel Camilo & Tomatito - "Spain"

• Wolfgang Haffner - "Spain"

And just for this post here is the great Chick Corea with Hiromi...RIP great master!

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers.