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Chick Corea & Hiromi Uehara – Spain Recorded Live Tokyo Japan 2006

A wonderful Chick Corea video. Recorded live in Tokyo, Japan on September 2-3 2006, at the Tokyo Jazz Festival. Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara play “Spain” one of Chick Corea’s most well known pieces. Spain was composed in 1971, appearing on the album Light as a Feather, performances by Corea, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Stanley Clarke and Joe Farrell. Numerous versions have been recorded, by Corea himself as well as other artists. A particularly well known version a flamenco version by Paco de Lucia and John McLaughlin in the 1980s. Another well known recording was a progressive bluegrass version by Bela Fleck in 1979. More recently, Corea performed it as a duet with Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara.