Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Sketches of Spain
This morning's Music for Programming is Miles' and Gil's 1961 Sketches of Spain - more modal stuff with a big disciplined horn section. Miles' muted trumpet is a good accompaniment to code writing, and the feel of the album is contemplative: you don't dance to it, you bathe in it. It has its share of goodies, though - there's a harmonically surprising bit about 20 seconds from the end of Concierto de Aranjuez that gives me goosebumps.
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Miles Ahead
Current listening for late-night programming: the 1957 collaboration between Miles and Gil Evans, Miles Ahead. I love what Gil Evans could do with a horn section.
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