sketches of spain – 50th anniversary
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HE CAN READ MY MIND AND I CAN READ HIS – Miles Davis sobre Gil Evans Sketches of Spain was the third collaboration (after Miles Ahead, 1957, and Porgy and Bess, 1958) between Miles Davis and Gil Evans for Columbia Records, and reunited the charismatic trumpeter with Gil Evans (1912-1988) following the 1959 recording of Kind of Blue. It is in these late ’50s recordings that Miles Davis (1926-1991) emerged as one of the supreme lyric-expressive players in jazz, representing as well a high point in his career and the culmination—at least temporarily—of a decade-long artistic/stylistic journey.TRANSCRIPT
A copy of Nat Hentoff’s article for Hi-Fi/Stereo Review(February 1960),found in Teo Macero'sarchives. Excerptsof this articleappeared in theoriginal liner notesfor the LP issue ofSketches of Spain.
Producer TeoMacero’s copy of the Tape I.D.sheet from the firstactual session onNovember 10,1959. Miles was so late for the session that he did not play. Anattempt to salvagethe date by pre-recording the piecefor later overdub-bing was inprogress whenMiles finally arrived.The performancecan be heard onDisc 2, Track 2.
Teo Macero'shand-written production notes for “The Pan Piper,”“Will O’ the Wisp,”and “Saeta.”
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All documents are reproductions from the Teo Macero Collection: Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; Pages 2-6, Republished with permissions of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., copyright 2009 - contract 56649