NICHOLAS PAYTON

Sketches of Spain

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

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Jazz

  • reviewed 02/2006

    FRED HERSCH
    In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis.

  • reviewed 01/2007

    KIM NALLEY
    Need My Sugar

  • reviewed 02/2017

    Milwaukee Jazz Orchestra
    Welcome To Swingville

  • reviewed 09/2011

    JAZZ PISTOLS
    Superstring

  • reviewed 01/2008

    MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY ALL-STARS
    Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

  • reviewed 02/2005

    Bryan Vargas & ¡Ya Esta!
    Afro Latino Soul

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.