Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain

Sketches of Spain is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It was released on 18 July 1960 through Columbia Records. The recording took place between November 1959 and March 1960 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. An extended version of the second movement of Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (1939) is included, as well as a piece called "Will o' the Wisp", from Manuel de Falla's ballet El amor brujo (1914–1915). Sketches of Spain is regarded as an exemplary recording of the third stream, a musical fusion of jazz, European classical, and styles from world music.

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a roughly five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz.

TRACKLIST:

A1		Concierto De Aranjuez Written-By – J. Rodrigo*	16:14
A2		Will O' The Wisp (From "El Amor Brujo") Written-By – M. De Falla*	3:48
B1		The Pan Piper Written-By – G. Evans*	3:57
B2		Saeta Written-By – G. Evans*	4:57
B3		Solea Written-By – G. Evans*	12:08

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor – Gil Evans
• Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Producer – Teo Macero
• Trumpet – Miles Davis

Notes

Recorded 11/20/59 and 03/10-11/60 in New York City.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 9 772052 048033 15
• Matrix / Runout (Side A (MPO LPJ-SPAIN A etched, 90284 1A stamped)): MPO LPJ-SPAIN A 90284 1A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B (MPO LPJ-SPAIN B² etched, 90284 1A stamped)): MPO LPJ-SPAIN B² 90284 1B