MILES DAVIS – SKETCHES OF SPAIN LP – Nr MINT UK  JAZZ FUSION

Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
(CBS Records  32023)
Matrix No’s: A7/B4 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, together with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion.

Sketches of Spain is an album by Miles Davis, recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. An extended version of the second movement of Joaquin Rodrigo‘s Concierto de Aranjuez is included, as well as a song called “Will o’ the Wisp”, from the ballet El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla. Sketches of Spain is an exemplary recording of Third Stream, a musical fusion of jazz, European classical, and world musics.

Track listing

Side one

1. “Concierto de Aranjuez” (Adagio) (Joaquín Rodrigo) – 16:19
2. “Will o’ the Wisp” (Manuel de Falla) – 3:47

Side two

3. “The Pan Piper” (a.k.a. Alborada de Vigo) (Spanish folk song uncredited) – 3:52
4. “Saeta” (Gil Evans) – 5:06
5. “Solea” (Evans) – 12:15

1997 reissue bonus tracks

6. “Song of Our Country” (Heitor Villa-Lobos uncredited, arranged by Evans) – 3:23
7. “Concierto de Aranjuez” (alternative take; part 1) (Rodrigo) – 12:04
8. “Concierto de Aranjuez” (alternative take; part 2 ending) (Rodrigo) – 3:33

Personnel

In alphabetical order (Note: this list actually encompasses the total musicians used on several sessions in late 1959 and early 1960. The actual number of players on the pieces was 19.)