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| Artist: Miles Davis Title: Sketches of Spain Date: 1959 Label: Columbia Records CS 8271 Arranged and Conducted by: Gil Evans
Notes: This is high upon my list of Davis discs. The in depth liner notes by Nat Hentoff (Co-editor of The Jazz Review) give rhyme and reason to the musical selections and mood in the studio as it came together. Miles had heard a recording of Concierto de Aranjuez by composer Joaquin Rodrigo while visiting a friend on the West Coast in 1959. He listened to it for a few weeks and then took the idea to Gil Evans. After working on the pieces for a few months the studio work took place and we are rewarded with the results presented here. My words can't do it justice; get a copy and decide for yourself where in the Davis canon it fits. The cover art is simple, yet it is able to sum up the feeling of Spain and the man with the horn. The cover of this one is pretty dirty, but it earned it by being played on a regular basis through the years.
Track Listing Side 1
Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) Side 2 |
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