Sketches of Spain

Sketches of Spain
Studio album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedJuly 18, 1960 (1960-07-18)[1]
RecordedNovember 15 & 20, 1959 and March 10, 1960
StudioColumbia 30th Street (New York City)
Genre
Length41:39
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero
Miles Davis chronology
Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
(1960) 		Sketches of Spain
(1960) 		Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
(1961)

Sketches of Spain is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It was released on 18 July 1960 through Columbia Records. The recording took place between November 1959 and March 1960 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. An extended version of the second movement of Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (1939) is included, as well as a piece called "Will o' the Wisp", from Manuel de Falla's ballet El amor brujo (1914–1915). Sketches of Spain is regarded as an exemplary recording of third stream, a musical fusion of jazz, European classical, and styles from world music.[2]

  1. ^ Miles Davis.com
  2. ^ a b Kanzler, George. "Miles Revisited: Sketches of Spain (50th Anniversary Edition) & Miles Ahead Live". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
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  4. ^ Shera, Michael (October 22, 2020). "JJ 10/60: Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain". Jazz Journal. Retrieved January 19, 2023.