[Dixielandjazz] A Jazz Chordl

[Bob Romans]

 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 little old Japanese man jumps out of his seat in the
 first   
 row and shouts at the top of his voice "Play a 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 little old
 man   
 jumps up again and shouts "No, no, play a Jazz chord,
 play a   
 Jazz chord."   
 A bit irritated 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 goes wild with this impromptu show of his
 technical   
 expertise.The little old man jumps up again. "No, no.
Play a   
 Jazz chord, play a jazz chord!"   
 
 Well now truly irritated that this little guy doesn't
 seem to   
 appreciate his playing ability. Stevie says to him from the
 stage "OK, mister, you get up here and do it!"   
 The little old man climbs up onto the stage, takes hold of
 the   
 mike and starts to sing... "A jazz chord to say I ruv
 you..."