Sketches of Spain

E189573
jazz album studio album

Sketches of Spain is a landmark 1960 jazz album by Miles Davis that blends orchestral arrangements with Spanish folk and classical influences, created in collaboration with arranger Gil Evans.

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Label Occurrences
Sketches of Spain canonical 5
Sketches in Spain 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
arrangesWorkBy Joaquín Rodrigo ⓘ
Manuel de Falla ⓘ
artist Miles Davis ⓘ
basedOn Concierto de Aranjuez ⓘ
surface form: Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo
chronologyNextAlbum Someday My Prince Will Come ⓘ
chronologyPreviousAlbum Kind of Blue ⓘ
composerOfArrangements Gil Evans ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs landmark jazz album ⓘ
featuresInstrument flugelhorn ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
featuresMusician Bill Barber ⓘ
Danny Bank ⓘ
Elvin Jones ⓘ
Harold Lieberman ⓘ
Jack Knitzer ⓘ
Janet Putnam ⓘ
Jimmy Cobb ⓘ
Johnny Coles ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Paul Chambers ⓘ
Romeo Penque ⓘ
genre modal jazz ⓘ
orchestral jazz ⓘ
third stream ⓘ
hasTrack Concierto de Aranjuez ⓘ
Saeta ⓘ
Solea ⓘ
The Pan Piper ⓘ
Will o' the Wisp ⓘ
surface form: Will O’ the Wisp
influencedBy Spanish classical music ⓘ
Spanish folk music ⓘ
flamenco ⓘ
label Columbia Records ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length approximately 41 minutes ⓘ
notableFor collaboration between Miles Davis and Gil Evans ⓘ
fusion of jazz and Spanish music ⓘ
orchestrationBy Gil Evans ⓘ
primaryArranger Gil Evans ⓘ
producer Irving Townsend ⓘ
Teo Macero ⓘ
recorded 1959 ⓘ
1960 ⓘ
recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio ⓘ
releaseDate 1960 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miles Davis → notableWork → Sketches of Spain ⓘ
Kind of Blue → followedBy → Sketches of Spain ⓘ
Samuel Edward Widdrington → notableWork → Sketches of Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sketches in Spain
Gil Evans → notableWork → Sketches of Spain ⓘ
Columbia 30th Street Studio → recordedAlbum → Sketches of Spain ⓘ
Jimmy Cobb → notableAlbumAsSideman → Sketches of Spain ⓘ