Flamenco Sketches is a luminous modal jazz tune by Miles Davis - co written with Bill Evans. It appears on the 1959 album Kind Of Blue - released August 17, 1959. The track was recorded in New York City on April 22, 1959 during the Kind Of Blue sessions. The ensemble features Miles Davis on trumpet, Cannonball Adderley on alto sax, John Coltrane on tenor sax, Bill Evans on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums - with Irving Townsend as producer and Fred Plaut as engineer. Flamenco Sketches carries a contemplative - flamenco inspired mood and is part of a landmark modal jazz classic that has influenced generations of musicians.
