Miles Davis--Sketches of Spain

Right now I  am tired. And my throat is swollen I am listening to Sketches of Spain. Held to be the accessible Davis by some, it is a collaboration of Miles and Canadian composer and arranger Gil Evans. The two of them, with the help of musicians, in the sessions conjure a forlorn romance for a time when place and music were far more intimately linked.

At times embracing the power trumpet style, at times a more piercing lead sound and sometimes something more mournful, Miles plays over flamencos, arabesques, military marches, bebop jamming vehicles. The result is a fantasia composed of the modern American metropolis and an Iberian peninsula that probably never existed in equal measure.

I thoroughly recommend it.