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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Prince of Darkness
2. Pee Wee
3. Masqualero
4. Corcerer, The
5. Limbo
6. Vonetta
7. Nothing Like You
8. Masqualero - (alternate take)
9. Limbo - (alternate take)
DISC 2:
1. So What
2. Freddie Freeloader
3. Blue in Green
4. All Blues
5. Flamenco Sketches
6. Flamenco Sketches - (alternate take)
DISC 3:
1. Shhh/Peaceful
2. In A Silent Way/It's About That Time
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Elvin Jones, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Cobb, Joe Zawinul, John Coltrane, John McLaughlin, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Paul Chambers, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Kelly | | Producer: | Bob Belden (Reissue), Michael Cuscuna (Reissue) | | Distributor: | Sony Music Entertainment | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); John McLaughlin (electric guitar); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto saxophone); John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Bill Evans (piano); Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock (electric piano); Joe Zawinul (organ); Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams (drums).
Audio Mixer: Mark Wilder.
Audio Remixers: Mark Wilder; Russ Payne.
Liner Note Authors: Bill Evans ; Bob Belden.
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City (03/02/1959); Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City (04/22/1959); Columbia Studios, Los Angeles (05/09/1967); Columbia Studio, New York City (05/16/1967-05/24/1967).
Editor: Russ Payne.
Photographers: Val Wilmer; Don Hunstein; Francis Wolff.
This box combines three of Miles Davis's best releases, but the comparisons end there. While SKETCHES OF SPAIN, KIND OF BLUE, and IN A SILENT WAY are masterpieces, three less similar records would be hard to find in Davis's prolific catalogue.
SKETCHES OF SPAIN is the last of Davis's collaborations with the great composer/arranger Gil Evans, and it is as much Evans's album as it is Davis's, as Evans composed three of the album's five tracks and selected the other two. The sound is pure Evans--rich and orchestral even when featuring comparatively few instruments--and features that peculiarly weightless feel of his best work. By comparison, the improvised KIND OF BLUE--featuring "So What," probably Davis's best-known composition--is Spartan where SKETCHES is lush. Even more different is the electric, rock-influenced IN A SILENT WAY, whose side-long "Ssh/Peaceful" became the blueprint for nearly all '70s fusion experiments.
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