MILES DAVIS Sketches of Spain CLASSIC RECORDS 45rpm 180g AUDIOPHILE 4 disc set
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MILES DAVIS Sketches of Spain CLASSIC RECORDS CS 8271 45rpm 180g AUDIOPHILE 4 disc setMastered by Bernie Grundman - Pressed at RTI) Rare and Out of Print

TracklistHide Credits

AConcierto De AranjuezWritten-By – J. Rodrigo
BWill O' The Wisp From "El Amor Brujo"Written-By – M. De Falla
C1The Pan PiperWritten-By – G. EvansC2SaetaWritten-By – G. Evans
DSoleaWritten-By – G. Evans

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  • Manufactured By – Classic Records, Inc.
  • Remastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
  • Arranged By, Conductor – Gil Evans
  • Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
  • Remastered By – Bernie Grundman

Notes

Classic Records 45 Series 

Two discs in full art sleeves, the other two in white card sleeves. 

© 1998 Manufactured & distributed by Classic Records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side 1): CS 8271-A1-45 Bernie Grundman
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 2): CS 8271-A2-45 Bernie Grundman
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 3): CS 8271-B1-45 Bernie Grundman
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 4): CS 8271-B2-45 Bernie Grundman

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 358/500!

Davis’ Third and Final Pairing With Arranger Gil Evans Yields Watershed Innovations. Flamenco-Themed 1960 Set Develops Synergy Between Orchestrations and Melancholic Jazz Phrasings. Urge by Davis to Develop Techniques Possessed by Forbearers Finds Him Expanding Palette, Spinning Webs of Lyrical Sound and Emotion. 

Miles Davis and Gil Evans bridged styles and collaborated on high-concept projects a total of three times during their celebrated career. For their final act, they created Sketches of Spain, a peak moment in each luminary’s career and a transformative album that weds Spanish themes, lush orchestrations, romantic timbres, and Davis’ increasingly lyrical methods in a tender ceremony that continues to resonate more than five decades after its original release. 

Multi-note motifs, brief improvisational solos, fanfare sweeps, and contrapuntal exchanges inform the flamenco-spiced pieces, but so do unconventionally voiced instruments that come into full relief on this reissue. Davis’ Harmon-muted trumpet is abetted by an assortment of bassoons and French horns that create pleasing contrasts and sounds (pp, mf, ppp) that get to the heart of Sketches of Spain: splashes of color. Seldom, if ever, did Davis ever so expressively and liberally paint with color. And in Evans, he has a likewise-minded partner to help draw out variegated shades, adamantine layers, and striated distinctions. 

Whether it’s the somber mood piece of the standout “Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio),” renowned for Davis’ flugelhorn performance, or the folktale-based “Solea,” ... Sketches of Spain transfixes with playing, ideas, and innovations that remain exclusive to this incomparable record. 


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