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
LAVAY SMITH & HER RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS
MISS SMITH TO YOU
THE JAMES MOODY & HANK JONES QUARTET
OUR DELIGHT
JOE HENRY
Civilians
CHARLIE HUNTER
GENTLEMEN I NEGLECTED TO INFORM YOU YOU WILL NOT BE GETTING PAID
Matt Kane & The Kansas City Generations Sextet
Acknowledgement
WAX POETIC
Copenhagen
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