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 06/2009

    DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL STAR BIG BAND
    I'm BeBoppin' Too

  • reviewed 03/2011

    ONE FOR ALL
    Invades Vancouver

  • reviewed 03/2009

    JOSHUA REDMAN
    Compass

  • reviewed 03/2010

    THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA
    Rising Sun

  • reviewed 02/2005

    Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
    Buena Vista Social Club presents...

  • reviewed 02/2017

    Brandi Disterheft
    Blue Canvas

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.