Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
Sketches of Spainis a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released on July 18, 1960, by Columbia Records. Sketches of Spain is regarded as an exemplary recording of third stream, a musical fusion of jazz, European classical, and styles from world music.
Reception.
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 5 stars out of 5 and stated:”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.”
In a contemporary review for DownBeat, Bill Mathieu hailed Sketches of Spain as one of the 20th century’s most important musical works so far and a highly intellectual yet passionate record.
For Sketches of Spain, Evans and Davis won the 1961 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration. The album was ranked number 358 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
