| Product Summary | | Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records | | UPC: 00886974394921 | | Release Date: 5/26/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 211042293 | | Item#: M4MQYV | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26588 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) ~ Miles Davis |  | | 2. Will O' The Wisp ~ Miles Davis | | | 3. Pan Piper, The ~ Miles Davis | | | 4. Saeta ~ Miles Davis | | | 5. Solea ~ Miles Davis | | | 6. Song Of Our Country ~ Miles Davis | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Maidz of Cadiz ~ Miles Davis | | | 2. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) [Rehearsal Take, Incomplete] ~ Miles Davis | | | 3. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) [Alternate Take, Part One] ~ Miles Davis | | | 4. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) [Alternate Take, Part Two] ~ Miles Davis | | | 5. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) [Alternate Ending] ~ Miles Davis | | | 6. Pan Piper, The ~ Miles Davis | | | 7. Song of Our Country [Take 9, W/O Intro] ~ Miles Davis | | | 8. Song of Our Country [Take 14, Slower Tempo, W/O Info] ~ Miles Davis | | | 9. Saeta [Full Version of Master] ~ Miles Davis | | | 10. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) [Live] - (live) ~ Miles Davis | | | 11. Teo ~ Miles Davis | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet, flugelhorn); Janet Putnam (harp); Harold Feldman (flute, clarinet, oboe); Eddie Caine (flute, flugelhorn); Albert Block (flute); Danny Bank (bass clarinet); Romeo Penque (oboe); Jack Knitzer (bassoon); Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal, Johnny Coles, Taft Jordan, Bernie Glow (trumpet); Tony Miranda, Joe Singer, John Barrows, James Buffington, Earl Chapin (French horn); Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak (trombone); Jimmy McAllister, Billy Barber (tuba); Paul Chambers (upright bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums); Elvin Jones, Jose Mangual (percussion); Gil Evans. | | Audio Remasterer: Mark Wilder. | | Liner Note Authors: Gunther Schuller; Richard Seidel. | | Arranger: Gil Evans. | | The crown jewel of the epic Evans/Davis triptych that began with MILES AHEAD and PORGY AND BESS, SKETCHES OF SPAIN is as emotionally compelling as any performance in the trumpeter's remarkable body of works. Combining as it does the emotional gravity of two cultures--the deep song of flamenco music and the rich lament of the blues--SKETCHES OF SPAIN is a musical hybrid of enormous power and beauty. Gil Evans' immense canvas of orchestral colors inspires some of Davis' most deeply felt solo flights. He paints vast vistas of velvety, shimmering night sounds, and through it all runs the mountainous backbone of Spain's native rhythms and chants. | | The centerpiece of SKETCHES OF SPAIN is the Evans/Davis treatment of the second movement of Rodrigo's "Concierto De Aranjuez." Evans' charts engage Davis in a shifting, insistent dialogue, italicizing the trumpeter's subtle variations and timbral ecstasies with magnificent orchestral flourishes. The surreal patina of three flutes and harp, high muted trumpets and woodwinds, and subterranean trombones, French horns and tuba that define one of the main variations on the theme, is a majestic foil for Davis' expressive tones. | | Gil Evans liked to say that after Louis Armstrong, no one had affected the sound of the trumpet like Miles Davis. Miles fashioned a vibrato-less, introspective brass cry, made all the more lovely by his lush use of the middle and lower registers. Davis' manipulation of pitch on "Saeta" and "Solea" is so idiomatic, so vocalized, so full of revel and lament, it pierces your heart with heroic resignation and longing. SKETCHES OF SPAIN stands alone as one of the pillars of modern music. |
Producer: Teo Macero; Richard Seidel (Reissue) |
Musical Guests | | Gil Evans | | Johnny Coles | | Jimmy Cleveland | | Paul Chambers | | Elvin Jones | | Jimmy Cobb |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | All-Stars | | All-Stars | | Allen, Carl | | Allen, Carl | | Artists, Various | | Endless Miles: A Tribute To Miles Davis ~ Artists, Various | | Baker, Chet | | Baker, Chet | | Baker, Chet | | Baker, Chet (Trumpet/Vocals/Com | | Baker, Chet (Trumpet/Vocals/Com | | Baker, Chet (Trumpet/Vocals/Com | | The Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane (1955-1961 ~ Coltrane, John | | Coltrane, John | | Coltrane, John | | I Remember Miles ~ Golson, Benny | | So Near, So Far (Musings For Miles) ~ Henderson, Joe | | Henderson, Joe | | So Near, So Far (Musings For Miles) ~ Henderson, Joe (Saxophone) | | Hubbard, Freddie | | Hubbard, Freddie | | Jacquet, Illinois | | Jacquet, Illinois | | Olson, Byron | | Original Soundtrack | | Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Sdtk) ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud: Lift To The Scaffold ~ Original Soundtrack | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Birdsong: A Series of Classic Performances of Park ~ Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Parker, Charlie | | Ramirez, Humberto | | Rowland, Dennis | | Various Artists | | Endless Miles: A Tribute To Miles Davis ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/26/2009 | | Original Release Date : 1960 | | Catalog ID : 88697439492 | | Label : Legacy Recordings | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00886974394921 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (1/00, p.134)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "...fierce Spanish folk melodies...took orchestral jazz in a new direction....features Davis' trumpet in all its drifting, dry, abstract beauty."Down Beat (p.61)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "With SKETCHES OF SPAIN, Davis' music continued its modal moves away from bebop's busy density, opting to highlight his strengths, which emphasized feeling and lyric expression over technique." Down Beat (1960)
- 5 Stars - Excellent - "...One of the most important musical triumphs that this century has yet produced....If there is to be a new jazz, a SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME, then this is the beginning..." Goldmine - 3.5 Stars - "...Brilliantly remixed..." Record Collector (magazine)
(p.98)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "Almost panoramic in scope and fusing jazz with classical music, the album kicked off with an epic 16-minute version of Spanish composer Rodrigo's guitar concerto, transcribed for trumpet and orchestra." |
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