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| 1. Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) |
| 2. Will O' The Wisp |
| 3. The Pan Piper |
| 4. Saeta |
| 5. Solea |
| 6. Song Of Our Country |
| 7. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) |
| 8. Concierto De Aranjuez |
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Miles Davis's impact on jazz is almost incalculable. From his early days as a sideman for Charlie Parker, through his groundbreaking Birth of the Cool sessions, to his stunning small groups of the 1950s and 1960s, through to his electric renaissance, the trumpeter, bandleader and composer has left a deep mark on all who came after. He is one of jazz's true giants. Sketches of Spain, though one of Davis's most commercially successful sessions, is also one of his most controversial. Re-teaming with arranger and composer Gil Evans, who played such a pivotal role in Davis's 1949 Birth of the Cool recordings, Davis recorded a series of large group albums beginning in the late 1950s, including Porgy and Bess, Miles Ahead, and Quiet Nights. Sketches of Spain, with its emphasis on flamenco, rich orchestrations and relaxed tempos is certainly one of Davis's most mellow recordings (he even works out on fluegelhorn), and proved to have broad appeal. To some critics, however, the project was "elevated elevator music". -- Fred Goodman
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Format : LP 180 gram / Sleeve : 3mm
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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The first time I heard Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo for Spanish guitar and symphonic orchestra it was performed by virtuoso Narciso Yepes. It was the most incredible music I had heard, decades ago. The world agreed because since Yepes first recorded Rodrigo's concerto four decades ago literally hundreds of different artists recorded this ethereal music. Enter Miles Davis.
Davis adapted the guitar solo to trumpet and created yet another kind of ethereal music. For his original guitar composition, Rodrigo balanced the gentle tones of the solo instrument with orchetral brass .... which often plays dissonant chords, but with soft understatement. What Davis produced is not simply transposing guitar to trumpet and the symphonic orchestral parts to a large brass section. Rather, Davis created a new sound by fusing American jazz styles with Spanish undertones. Rather than softening the brass so as not to drown out the acoustic guitar, the volume was raised in Davis' rendition and now the powerful solo trumpet carries on a dialog with an occasionally competing, and at other times counterpointal, brass section.
I imagine that when Rodrigo wrote Concierto de Aranjuez, he couldn't have imagined how far removed from his native Spain this music would travel ... reinterpreted by the American jazz world. But there it is. Had Narciso Yepes never played the concerto and the world only heard Miles Davis' rendition then the world would still have been quite happy. But now there are both kinds of music, and the lucky listener can decide to move between the two worlds of Davis and Yepes. What a triumph for modern music!
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Miles lays his trumpet down against Gil Evans arrangements of Rodrigo's Concierto De Aranjuez (Normally features classical guitar) and De Fallas Will O' the Wisp. The other three tunes were penned by Evans. The orchestration is exquisite and repays repeated listenings. Over this Davis solos in a restrained manner but the emotion of his playing continually shines through.
This is a very original album and sounds like nothing else.
A masterpiece.
This is a very original album and sounds like nothing else.
A masterpiece.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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When I got this album it came in a three pack which included Kind of Blue and Porgy and Bess; this is fundamental Jazz; another classic from this man; whos life I have now adopted as god status; this is the man that got me into to Jazz in a massive way, this and its two companians are the three greatest Jazz albums from Davis and up there amoungst the best ever recorded
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Miles' and Gil's Iberian Excursion
"Sketches of Spain" recorded in 1959-60 was the third project resulting from the long collaboration between Miles Davis and innovative master of orchestral arrangements Gil Evans. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dr. Trang
miles ahead
love this album, very unique sound, and very different to Miles's
other stuff. Great atmosphere. Storytelling with sound.
Highly recommended.
other stuff. Great atmosphere. Storytelling with sound.
Highly recommended.
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Ms. Keely Mills
miles did much better then this...
....to play "aranjuez" seemed to be a good idea..
but playing wrong notes at dramatical important places just spoiled it.
sorry, cannot listen to this one.
but playing wrong notes at dramatical important places just spoiled it.
sorry, cannot listen to this one.
Published on 11 Feb 2010 by joe kaputnik
Unbelievably brilliant
I discovered this recently and it is just breath taking. I am not a great Miles Davis fan, but this is unlike anything I have heard of his before, I assume that is down to Gil... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2009 by D. Murdoch
Miles Davis - CD - Sketches of Spain
Fast delivery,well wrapped, well presented. Excellent sound
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Published on 19 Aug 2009 by Mrs. Lorraine A. Smith
Sketches of Cheese
Takes a brooding, atmospheric and understatedly menacing classic and turns it into a series of out-takes from a scratchy 1960s spy thriller. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by Elmore Scruggs
Overdose on Castanets
I originally bought this album as a boxed set of three LP's, Kind of Blue, Porgy and Bess were the other two. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2008 by AfterTheEvent
Vastly overrated; mostly quite dull
'Sketches of Spain' is one of those albums that, for some reason, has been talked up so much over the decades that it has now become something that people buy, and say they love,... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2008 by T. Russell
miles en espanol
This is a great rendition of various Spanish pieces,most notably "Concierto de Aranjuez" by Joaquin Rodrigo. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2007 by PygmyTwylyte
Miles fuses the sounds of Spain with American Jazz
Sketches of Spain is one of my favorite of Miles Davis' fusion works. Here, he fuses the sounds of Spain with American Jazz. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2007 by Jay
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