Stevie Wonder is playing his first gig in Tokyo and the place is rammed 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 his long career, Stevie goes into a freeform jazz riff for about ten minutes.
When he finishes the crowd goes wild, but the little old man jumps up again and shouts, “No, no, play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord.”
Stevie, being the professional that he is, dives straight into another jazz improvisation and really tears the place apart.
The crowd really appreciates this amazingly complex technical improvisation, but the little old man jumps up again,
“No, no. Play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord.”
Well and truly miffed that this little Japanese man doesn’t seem to appreciate his technical expertise, Stevie calls to him from the stage,
“Okay. You get up here and do it.”
The little old man climbs up on to the stage, takes hold of the mike and starts to sing . . .
“A jazz chord to say I ruv you . . .”
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