Selaws
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Day 5: Cinco de Mayo. Play an album by a Spanish speaking artist.
Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain (Columbia, 1960 First Mono Pressing)
Hopefully, you guys will allow this one to be used, as it doesn't specifically stick to the rules (Miles Davis clearly isn't a Spanish speaker). BUT it does open with an extended version of 'Concierto de Aranjuez' by the Spanish speaking Joaquín Rodrigo followed by 'Will o' the Wisp' which was written by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Davis was inspired to compose a piece in a Spanish style after his wife, Frances Davis, took him to a Flamenco performance. After the show he bought and listened to every Flamenco record he could find before reworking some classics and writing his own. On its release Downbeat called it "one of the 20th century's most important musical works so far". I really like this album and its one which is quite unlike any other record I own. Davis and Gil Evans really managed to tap into that Spanish sound and the album somehow manages to feel timeless.
Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain (Columbia, 1960 First Mono Pressing)
Hopefully, you guys will allow this one to be used, as it doesn't specifically stick to the rules (Miles Davis clearly isn't a Spanish speaker). BUT it does open with an extended version of 'Concierto de Aranjuez' by the Spanish speaking Joaquín Rodrigo followed by 'Will o' the Wisp' which was written by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Davis was inspired to compose a piece in a Spanish style after his wife, Frances Davis, took him to a Flamenco performance. After the show he bought and listened to every Flamenco record he could find before reworking some classics and writing his own. On its release Downbeat called it "one of the 20th century's most important musical works so far". I really like this album and its one which is quite unlike any other record I own. Davis and Gil Evans really managed to tap into that Spanish sound and the album somehow manages to feel timeless.
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