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Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain Audio CD

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Miles Davis Band: Miles Davis
Title: Sketches of Spain
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Release Date: 1997-09-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Concierto de Aranjuez 2: Will O' the Wisp 3: Pan Piper 4: Saeta 5: Solea 6: Song of Our Country [Issued Take][*] 7: Concierto de Aranjuez, Pt. 1 [Alternate Take][*] 8: Concierto de Aranjuez, Pt. 2 (Ending) [Alternate Take][*]

A Long Time Coming
Did I say album? Now you have an idea how long. Ya!
I have waited for years for this album. I remember it when it first came out and owned it soon after then lost it. I planned on another copy but there always something detracted me from my goal. Then I saw it here on Amazon and snapped it up. What a thrill to here this master piece again after so many years. This is music anyone can enjoy, like jazz or not.
It was done by to grand masters of jazz and will always be the music of the day.
Train.


Sketches Of Spain - Miles Davis, et al
Certainly a different Miles, but worth the $$ and effort. This album requires quiet and close listening. .


I know this is a classic Jazz album but it's not my favorite
It's ok, but I prefer real Spanish music to this variation of it. I purchased this album (CD), based on a recommendation from a friend. I'm more of a classical music buff so the Jazz style that Miles Davis uses in this album is not as sophisticated as I expected. I also think the pace, rythm, or tempo could have been a little quicker. Again, I'm no Jazz expert but I expected to like this CD much better than I did. I played it once or twice and put it away - maybe I need to try it again in a melancholy mood? It has more of a Blues feeling to it - and that's not my favorite Jazz form either.


Nice Spanish Vibing Jazz (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4.0 stars)
The horns on the album are so deep and the Spanish bells throughout the background helps elevate the sound. Miles Davis' 1960 album Sketches Of Spain shows a wide variety of Jazz with a few Spanish sounding instruments, which highly explains the reason for the album's title. The tracks that I enjoyed the most are "Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" and "Solea", both songs clocking in over 10 minutes. It's great because both songs are built up to their climax deep in the track. It's a great jazz album for those who are interested in the genre, but it falls short of what most consider his best album Kind of Blue (which many, as well as myself hold high regards to). Still a wonderful album, conducted by Gill Evans (you can hear him talking in the background at the end of a few songs), that is a definite for any musical collection. Peace.


When I was a young man....
. . . I bought this album. I had The Man with the Horn (my first Miles album), We Want Miles (2nd one), and Bitches Brew. This was the fourth one (and the last one I would buy on vinyl). I had them in high school, and while I played the others, I hardly ever played this one (now, I never play The Man with the Horn, as it's pretty bad, and I hardly play We Want Miles. I still dig Brew, though). I didn't like it at all, even though several of the tracks are epic length. A year ago or so, I bought the CD, and thanks to better ears and maturity, it has occurred to me that this is one of Miles's greatest albums, and quite possibly his most beautiful, and certainly his best colloboration with Gil Evans. The opening track, Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio), has to be Miles's most majestic song ever, or at least one of his most majestic songs ever. His playing is so subtle and moving. My other favorite is the original album's closer, Solea. It's another moving, subtle song (written by Gil Evans). The whole album is really an orchestral album, which is just fine, as it's so well done and a deserved classic.

Miles's colloboration with Gil Evans was one of the most productive in music history, and this is the greatest example of two great artists creating timeless art and music. I'm glad time has made me appreciate the greatness of this album, and it has taken its rightful place as one of my favorite Miles's albums.

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