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Media Type: CD
Artist: DAVIS,MILES
Title: SKETCHES OF SPAIN
Street Release Date: 09/23/1997
Domestic
Genre: JAZZ | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| September 23, 1997 | | Studio:
| Sony | | Number Of Discs:
| 1 | | Format:
| Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 122 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | Concierto de Aranjuez - Miles Davis, Rodrigo, Joaquin | | 2. | Will O' the Wisp - Miles Davis, Cinelu, Mino | | 3. | The Pan Piper - Miles Davis, Evans, Gil | | 4. | Saeta - Miles Davis, Evans, Gil | | 5. | Solea - Miles Davis, Evans, Gil | | 6. | Song of Our Country [Issued Take][*][Version] - Miles Davis, Evans, Gil | | 7. | Concierto de Aranjuez, Pt. 1 [Alternate Take][*] - Miles Davis, Rodrigo, Joaquin | | 8. | Concierto de Aranjuez, Pt. 2 (Ending) [Alternate Take][*] - Miles Davis, Rodrigo, Joaquin | |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 A brooding, brilliant recordingJul 27, 2010
Miles Davis magic trumpet pays hommage to Joaquin Rodrigo's beautiful "Concierto de Aranjuez" on one his best albums in his storied career. Davis and the castanets give Rodrigo's famous classical work a wide array of rich tonal modes and colors that take this opus to another level. The haunting "Solea" is another wonderful piece in this session, with Davis' trumpet expressing the loneliness and sorrow as would a flamenco singer, accompanied by a jaunty bass line that gives this track so much appeal. A very nice fusion of sorts of jazz and flamenco music by the great Miles Davis and arranger Gil Evans.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 BoringJul 15, 2010
I have 6 Miles Davis albums, one of which is a 4 set compilation.
This one is just plain lame.
It is a real snoozefest and thus far is really the only bad CD of Miles that I have come across.
I personally would recommend "In a Silent Way" if you don't have that one.
This one just drones on and on. I can't even use it for background music.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Muzak-y MilesJul 09, 2010
This one doesn't fly for me; thanks to the torpid big band arrangements, it's the musical equivalent of an overstuffed sofa. Good "classy" bsckground music for a cocktail party perhaps, but to sit down and seriously listen to all the way through? Nope. Of course, I might not be really qualified to judge it, since I don't care for any of the Davis-Evans collaborations, and my favorite Miles album is "Dark Magus!" Hardcore Miles is the Miles for me, his "pretty" stuff I can do without.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
tone poems don't make itJul 09, 2010
Davis plays some of the best trumpet of his career, the arrangements and orchestration are impressive, the sound is impeccable, but with the exception of Track 5 "Solea," it just doesn't swing. The nod to Spanish classical music might have looked good on the charts, but of Davis's collaborations with Gil Evans, this one I can do without.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 A bit disappointedJun 09, 2010
I am an admirer of both Miles Davis and Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez but I found the combination disappointing. I thought that Davis even sounded flat on occasion. Pity, so I think I'll stick to the guitar version for this piece of music in future and enjoy Miles playing the ballads.
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