Spain (I Can Recall) by Chick Corea and Al Jarreau

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was a ground-breaking American jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. 
    One of his most famous compositions is "Spain," from 1971, an instrumental jazz fusion piece. Corea introduced "Spain" on his album Light As a Feather. The simple and haunting melody heard at the beginning of the song is from Concierto de Aranjuez, a guitar concerto by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Corea and his band were nominated for Grammys for this song.
    At one point Al Jarreau added original lyrics to the song. Jarreau featured this version, known as Spain (I Can Recall), on his 1980 album This Time.

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Here's my cover of "Spain (I Can Recall)"
I sing; Jamie Saltman plays all the instruments:

Jamie and I actually "met" Chick Corea around 1975 or so. While in high school, we went to see the late, great trumpet player Maynard Ferguson and his big band at a club somewhere in the Boston area. Maynard (as usual) was blowing out his kishkes hitting insanely high notes. 
     At one point in the show Maynard acknowledged that Chick Corea was in the audience... "Where are you Chick?" That's when a guy at the table right next to us raised his hand and waved. That was pretty cool. We had a really great conversation with Chick (no, that part's not true). Oh well. Still, pretty neat to sit so close to genius. Jamie, I am not talking about you. Well, maybe a little.

Want to hear the classical piece that inspired Chick Corea?
Of course you do. The Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez:

Want to hear Bobby McFerrin perform "Spain"
​with Chick Corea on piano?
Of course you do:

After I heard the McFerrin version, they had to pick me up off of the floor. 

That's all for now, jazz fans! Until next time...