Spain (I Can Recall)

Al Jarreau · 1980 · vocal version of Chick Corea's "Spain"

Context

Sung version of Chick Corea's "Spain," credited to Corea, Al Jarreau and Artie Maren, on the album This Time (Warner Bros., 1980) produced by Jay Graydon. The album marks a turn by Jarreau toward a more R&B sound and reached No. 1 on the Billboard jazz chart.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Rainbow in Your Eyes (1976)

Sources

• EN: This Time (Al Jarreau album)

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