Miles Sketches of Spain
recorded Nov '59-Mar '60, released Jul '60
I remember one of my grad school professors waxing ecstatic about Tijuana Moods. My brother saw Miles five or six times, and my brother preferred the newer stuff. My preference was for the earlier ballads and Sketches of Spain.
Anyway I really like this young Emmet Cohen, and here he is in concert with Lew Tabackin. I had a couple of Lew Tabackin Big Band recordings about 40 some years ago.
Had Miles listened to a pressing of Tijuana Moods?
sketches of spain is primarily an ode to flamenco guitar from the time of francisco franco
i may return when elusively lucid to answer your next question first
but until then let us pause again for a brief interlude
realized it had been way too long since last listen
tack quickly corrected, bow intact
an album with four songs on two sides
three author credits and sometimes six musicians including sax
realized it had been way too long since last listen
tack quickly corrected, bow intact
an album with four songs on two sides
three author credits and sometimes six musicians including sax
There will be a pop quiz tomorrow on the first side of the first disc. Be prepared.
this one recorded Mon 09 Feb 70
almost three years after Trane passed
Extensions
McCoy Tyner – piano
Gary Bartz – alto
Wayne Shorter – tenor, soprano
Ron Carter – bass
Elvin Jones – drums
Alice Coltrane – harp (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
Shorter and Carter played with Miles in the second great quintet from 64-68
Tyner and Jones were the skin and bones surrounding Dolphy and Trane during the classic live at the village vanguard sessions almost a decade earlier
Bartz first met McCoy and Eric while workshopping with Mingus in the early 60s,
and almost nine months after this recording Bartz played alto and soprano on half of Miles' Live-Evil
pretty sure every Miles recording with John McLaughlin also includes Gary Bartz, open to be proven wrong
last but never least is Alice Coltrane
not to harp on the same old topic
but if you have strong recommendations for a more powerful female jazz musician to listen to, please share them