Sketches of Spain
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| Studio album by Miles Davis | |||||
| Released | 1960 | ||||
| Recorded | November 20, 1959; March 10-11, 1960 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 60:45 (1997 reissue) | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Producer | Teo Macero & Irving Townsend | ||||
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Sketches of Spain is an album by Miles Davis, recorded between November 1959 and March 1960. The album pairs Davis with arranger and composer Gil Evans, with whom he had collaborated on several other projects, on a program of compositions largely derived from the Spanish folk tradition. (An extended version of the second movement of Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez is also included, as well as a song called "Will o' the Wisp", from the ballet El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla.)
Sketches of Spain is considered to be one of the most accessible albums of Davis' career: the most recent edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD describes it as "elevated light music". Less improvisational than much other jazz, contemporaries suggested that Sketches of Spain was something other than jazz. Davis replied (according to Rolling Stone magazine) "it's music, and I like it".[1]
In 2003, the album was ranked number 356 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Adagio) (Joaquín Rodrigo) –16:19
- "Will o' the Wisp" (Manuel de Falla) –3:47
- "The Pan Piper" (Gil Evans) –3:52
- "Saeta" (Evans) –5:06
- "Solea" (Evans) –12:15
- Bonus tracks added after upon reissue in 2000:
- "Song of Our Country" (Evans) –3:23
- "Concierto de Aranjuez" (alternative take; part 1) (Rodrigo) –12:04
- "Concierto de Aranjuez" (alternative take; part 2 ending) (Rodrigo) –3:33
[edit] Personnel
In alphabetical order
- Danny Bank — bass clarinet
- Bill Barber — tuba
- John Barrows — French horn
- Albert Block — flute
- James Buffington — French horn
- Eddie Caine — flute, flugelhorn
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Earl Chapin — French horn
- Jimmy Cobb — drums
- Johnny Coles — trumpet
- Miles Davis — trumpet, flugelhorn
- Gil Evans — arranger, conductor
- Harold Feldman — clarinet, flute, oboe
- Bernie Glow — trumpet
- Dick Hixon — trombone
- Elvin Jones — percussion
- Taft Jordan — trumpet
- Jack Knitzer — bassoon
- Jose Mangual — percussion
- Jimmy McAllister — tuba
- Tony Miranda — French horn
- Louis Mucci — trumpet
- Romeo Penque — oboe
- Janet Putnam — harp
- Frank Rehak — trombone
- Ernie Royal — trumpet
- Joe Singer — French horn
[edit] Trivia
- In 2002 Buckethead released his 9th full length album called Electric Tears containing a song called "Sketches of Spain (For Miles)".
- A sample from "Concierto de Aranjuez" Was used in the Chroma Key song "Before you started"
- In the Clint Eastwood film The Gauntlet (1977) the Jerry Fielding soundtrack music for the climactic gauntlet sequence is an almost identical copy of the "Solea" track (#5) from "Sketches of Spain."
- "Saeta" was featured in two Almodovar films - Tacones lejanos (High Heels), where it's heard over the opening credits; and La flor de mi secreto (The flower of my secret), in a ballet scene.
