Spain | Guitar Grade 8 RSL 2024

Song Info

Artist: Chick Corea
Source: Light as a Feather (Album, 1973)
Genre: Jazz Fusion

‘Spain’ is an instrumental jazz fusion piece written by composer and pianist Chick Corea. It is arguably Corea’s most recognisable work and is now considered a jazz standard. The piece takes its inspiration from the famous ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ by Joaquín Rodrigo, with the slow opening of the full-length version being a direct quote from the second movement. The original composition featured on the album Light as a Feather, the second studio album to be released by Chick Corea and his band Return to Forever.

Born Armando Anthony Corea in 1941, Chick’s father was a jazz trumpeter and leader of a Dixieland band in the ‘30s and ‘40s. He introduced his son to the piano at the age of four, and by eight, Chick was proficient. He had also begun learning the drums, which led to him developing his unique “percussive” approach to playing the piano, giving his music a strong rhythmical quality.

Corea began his music career in the ‘60s, with several tours and the release of his first studio album Tones for Joan’s Bones. Throughout his career he has released an incredible 81 studio albums, participated in countless collaborations and remains a prominent figure in the world of jazz, even after his untimely passing in 2021.

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