Stevie Wonder is playing his first gig in Tokyo and the place is absolutely packed to the rafters. Breaking the ice with his new audience, Stevie asks if anyone has a request.
An wizened old Japanese man jumps out of his seat in the first row and shouts at the top of his lungs: �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 ten minutes.
When he finishes the whole place goes wild, but the old man jumps up again and shouts: �No, no, play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord!�
A bit peeved 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. But the little old man jumps up again: �No, no, no! Play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord!�
Now truly peeved that this little guy doesn�t seem to appreciate his playing ability, Stevie invites him up on the stage and says: �OK -
you start us off.�
The little old man grabs the mic and starts to sing: �A jazz chord, to say I ruv you��