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Sketches of Spain

by Miles Davis

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All Time

of 455,181

7
1950's

of 1,651

1
1959

of 254

1
Genres
- Jazz
  - Jazz
    
    of 57,651
    
    1
  - Cool Jazz
    
    of 2,838
    
    1
  - Orchestral Jazz
    
    of 283
    
    1
- Miscellaneous
  - Miscellaneous
    
    of 67,793
    
    4
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,633
    
    7

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Overall Rating: 3.8313 Sketches of Spain is ranked overall as 3.8313 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 4.0000 Sketches of Spain has an avg. critic score of 4.0000 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

Along withKind of Blue,In a Silent Way, andRound About Midnight,Sketches of Spainis one of Miles Davis' most enduring and innovative achievements. ...more

Yahoo! Music

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 British arranger Gil Evans for the third time. ...more

Yahoo! Music

In the early '90s, Columbia reissued two of Miles Davis' best albums, Sketches of Spain and In a Silent Way, on a single cassette. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Davis and Gil Evans essay Spanish-tinged compositions, including a masterful, epic reading of Rodrigo's "Concierto De Aranjuez." Essential. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Over the course of six compact discs, Miles Davis and Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings collects every bit of music the legendary duo recorded together between the years 1957 and 1968. ...more

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Pitch Fork Media

How cool was Miles Davis? Cool enough to create jazz music so powerful it moved even anti-jazz consumers. His music is considered some of the most striking and inventive in history. Just five years after his death in September of 1992, his music...read the complete review at Pitch Fork Media

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