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DAVIS, MILES - SKETCHES OF SPAIN
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Sketches Of Spain
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1960 Seminal Modern Jazz LP That Refined The Genre - Repressed on Yellow Vinyl 180g Inc Download OIf Album
Along with Kind of Blue, In a Silent Way, and Round About Midnight, Sketches of Spain is one of Miles Davis' most enduring and innovative achievements. Recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 -- after Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley had left the band -- Davis teamed with Canadian arranger Gil Evans for the third time. Davis brought Evans the album's signature piece, "Concierto de Aranjuez," after hearing a classical version of it at bassist Joe Mondragon's house. Evans was as taken with it as Davis was, and set about to create an entire album of material around it. The result is a masterpiece of modern art. On the "Concierto," Evans' arrangement provided an orchestra and jazz band -- Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and Elvin Jones -- the opportunity to record a classical work as it was. The piece, with its stunning colors and intricate yet transcendent adagio, played by Davis on a flügelhorn with a Harmon mute, is one of the most memorable works to come from popular culture in the 20th century. Davis' control over his instrument is singular, and Evans' conducting is flawless. Also notable are "Saeta," with one of the most amazing technical solos of Davis' career, and the album's closer, "Solea," which is conceptually a narrative piece, based on an Andalusian folk song, about a woman who encounters the procession taking Christ to Calvary. She sings the narrative of his passion and the procession -- or parade -- with full brass accompaniment moving along. Cobb and Jones, with flamenco-flavored percussion, are particularly wonderful here, as they allow the orchestra to indulge in the lushly passionate arrangement Evans provided to accompany Davis, who was clearly at his most challenged here, though he delivers with grace and verve. Sketches of Spain is the most luxuriant and stridently romantic recording Davis ever made. To listen to it in the 21st century is still a spine-tingling experience, as one encounters a multitude of timbres, tonalities, and harmonic structures seldom found in the music called jazz.
Along with Kind of Blue, In a Silent Way, and Round About Midnight, Sketches of Spain is one of Miles Davis' most enduring and innovative achievements. Recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 -- after Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley had left the band -- Davis teamed with Canadian arranger Gil Evans for the third time. Davis brought Evans the album's signature piece, "Concierto de Aranjuez," after hearing a classical version of it at bassist Joe Mondragon's house. Evans was as taken with it as Davis was, and set about to create an entire album of material around it. The result is a masterpiece of modern art. On the "Concierto," Evans' arrangement provided an orchestra and jazz band -- Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and Elvin Jones -- the opportunity to record a classical work as it was. The piece, with its stunning colors and intricate yet transcendent adagio, played by Davis on a flügelhorn with a Harmon mute, is one of the most memorable works to come from popular culture in the 20th century. Davis' control over his instrument is singular, and Evans' conducting is flawless. Also notable are "Saeta," with one of the most amazing technical solos of Davis' career, and the album's closer, "Solea," which is conceptually a narrative piece, based on an Andalusian folk song, about a woman who encounters the procession taking Christ to Calvary. She sings the narrative of his passion and the procession -- or parade -- with full brass accompaniment moving along. Cobb and Jones, with flamenco-flavored percussion, are particularly wonderful here, as they allow the orchestra to indulge in the lushly passionate arrangement Evans provided to accompany Davis, who was clearly at his most challenged here, though he delivers with grace and verve. Sketches of Spain is the most luxuriant and stridently romantic recording Davis ever made. To listen to it in the 21st century is still a spine-tingling experience, as one encounters a multitude of timbres, tonalities, and harmonic structures seldom found in the music called jazz.
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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. His career spanned nearly five decades, during which he contributed to several developments in jazz, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, third stream, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz, and jazz fusion. Davis's work also influenced genres such as rock, funk, classical and hip-hop.
Davis was born in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis. He began playing the trumpet in his early teens and briefly studied at Juilliard in New York City before leaving to perform professionally. From 1944 to 1948, he was a member of Charlie Parker's bebop quintet. In the late 1940s, he recorded the "Birth of the Cool" sessions for Capitol Records, which contributed to the development of cool jazz. In the early 1950s, he recorded early hard bop music for Prestige Records. After a performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, he signed with Columbia Records and recorded the album "’Round About Midnight" in 1955, featuring saxophonist John Coltrane and bassist Paul Chambers.
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Davis recorded orchestral collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, including "Sketches of Spain" (1960), and band albums such as "Milestones" (1958) and "Kind of Blue" (1959). "Kind of Blue" has sold over five million copies in the United States. Davis made several lineup changes while recording "Someday My Prince Will Come" (1961), the 1961 Blackhawk concerts, and "Seven Steps to Heaven" (1963), which introduced bassist Ron Carter, pianist Herbie Hancock, and drummer Tony Williams. With the addition of saxophonist Wayne Shorter in 1964, Davis led a quintet that produced post-bop recordings including "E.S.P." (1965) and "Miles Smiles" (1967).
In the late 1960s and 1970s, Davis experimented with electric instruments, rock, funk, African rhythms, and electronic music technology, with musicians including keyboardist Joe Zawinul, drummer Al Foster, bassist Michael Henderson, and guitarist John McLaughlin. This period, beginning with the 1969 album "In a Silent Way" and concluding with the 1975 concert recording "Agharta," included the album "Bitches Brew" (1970), which contributed to the commercial development of jazz fusion.
After a five-year retirement in the late 1970s, Davis resumed performing in the 1980s, incorporating younger musicians and elements of pop music on albums such as "The Man with the Horn" (1981), "You're Under Arrest" (1985), and "Tutu" (1986). He continued to perform internationally and was also involved in visual arts, film, and television until his death in 1991 from a combination of stroke, pneumonia, and respiratory failure, aged 65. In 2006, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which recognised him as a significant figure in jazz. Rolling Stone described him as a highly influential jazz trumpeter, and commentators have noted his impact on 20th-century music.
Studio albums
The New Sounds (1951)
Young Man with a Horn (1952)
Blue Period (1953)
The Compositions of Al Cohn (1953)
Miles Davis Volume 2 (1954)
Miles Davis Volume 3 (1954)
Miles Davis Quintet (1954)
With Sonny Rollins (1954)
Miles Davis Quartet (1954)
All-Stars, Volume 1 (1955)
All-Stars, Volume 2 (1955)
All Star Sextet (1955)
The Musings of Miles (1955)
Blue Moods (1955)
Miles Davis, Vol. 1 (1956)
Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (1956)
Dig (1956)
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
Quintet/Sextet (1956)
Collectors' Items (1956)
Birth of the Cool (1957)
'Round About Midnight (1957)
Walkin' (1957)
Cookin' (1957)
Miles Ahead (1957)
Relaxin' (1958)
Milestones (1958)
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1959)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Kind of Blue (1959)
Workin' (1960)
Sketches of Spain (1960)
Steamin' (1961)
Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
Quiet Nights (1963)
E.S.P. (1965)
Miles Smiles (1967)
Sorcerer (1967)
Nefertiti (1968)
Miles in the Sky (1968)
Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)
In a Silent Way (1969)
Bitches Brew (1970)
Jack Johnson (1971)
Live-Evil (1971)
On the Corner (1972)
In Concert (1973)
Big Fun (1974)
Get Up with It (1974)
Agharta (1975)
Pangaea (1976)
Dark Magus (1977)
The Man with the Horn (1981)
We Want Miles (1982)
Star People (1983)
Decoy (1984)
You're Under Arrest (1985)
Tutu (1986)
Amandla (1989)
Aura (1989)
Doo-Bop (1992)
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