Miles Davis

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

• 180 GRAM HIGH FIDELITY VINYL

Miles Davis and Gil Evans bridged styles and collaborated on high-concept projects a total of three times during their celebrated career. For their final act, they created Sketches of Spain, a peak moment in each luminary's career and a transformative album that weds Spanish themes, lush orchestrations, romantic timbres, and Davis' increasingly lyrical methods in a tender ceremony that continues to resonate more than five decades after its original release.

The album has been ranked 358th on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list and according to Acclaimed Music, Sketches of Spain is the 393rd most ranked album on music critics' all-time lists. In response to comments that the album is something other than jazz, Davis replied, "It's music, and I like it."

PERSONNEL:

• Miles Davis - trumpet
• Gil Evans - arranger, conductor

• Orchestra:
• Bernie Glow, Taft Jordan, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal (tp) Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb) John Barrows, Jimmy Buffington, Earl Chapin (fhr) Jimmy McAllister (tu) Romeo Penque (oboe) Harold Feldman (oboe,b-cl) Jack Knitzer (bassoon) Al Block, Eddie Caine (fl) Danny Bank (b-cl) Janet Putnam (harp) Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d) Elvin Jones (perc) prob. Jose Mangual (perc)

New York, November 20, 1959

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Concierto De Aranjuez
• A2. Will O' The Wisp (From "El Amor Brujo")

• SIDE B
• B1. The Pan Piper
• B2. Saeta
• B3. Solea