2014-02-28
In 1960, Miles Davis and Gil Evans released the album Sketches of Spain. Listeners didn't know what made it jazz, but they knew they liked it, and the album is now considered a classic.
53 years later (2013) Nicholas Payton has released a cover version of Sketches of Spain. Payton is an acknowledged master musician and Grammy winner. He does a fine job here.
Perhaps this will prompt some Nicholas Payton fans to explore the works of Miles Davis, and if so, that will be a good thing. There isn't much to add.
---Gerald Etkind
PAT METHENY
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT
THE RICK HOLLAND-EVAN DOBBINS LITTLE BIG BAND
Trilby
KELOMAT
Kelomat
Mike Longo And The New York State Of The Art Jazz Ensemble
Live From New York
CURTIS STIGERS
Lost in Dreams
AVISHAI COHEN
After The Big Rain
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