Label: Music On Vinyl, 1960

Serie: Music On Vinyl

"Sketches Of Spain" is one of the most melodic works by Miles Davis, which thus proves to be one of the most accessible and less improvised works, shaking off the strict concepts of jazz. This is one of the four albums on which Davis and Gil Evans worked with a small orchestra of brass and percussion

"Sketches Of Spain" is driven by Spanish melodies - "El Concierto de Arajuez" by Joaquín Rodrigo and "El Amor Brujo" by Manuel de Falla - fascinated Davis so much that he had to penetrate them while Evans painted the musical image of a country he had never been to. In the words of Davis himself, "It's music, and I like it."

Tracklisting

1 Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)
2 Will O' The Wisp
3 The Pan Piper
4 Saeta
5 Solea