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Title: Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1960, Jazz, Orchestral Modal Jazz, Alton, Illinois 7/26
Matrix #: CL 1480
Condition: VG+++ (LM) | Members: Miles D (26' - 91')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Miles was beaten and arrested by New York police outside Birdland in 1959, a brutal public reminder that even jazz royalty was not protected from racist violence.
2. Studio Lore: Gil Evans built huge orchestral settings around Miles’ lonely trumpet, turning Spanish folk themes and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez into dark, cinematic jazz.
3. Media Narrative: Sketches Of Spain confused purists at first, but its mix of classical scale, flamenco shadow, and Miles’ controlled sadness became one of his most recognizable left turns.

7/8/26 LM

5/3/24 EK 11/4/2025 CC