Solea

I featured a song by Buckethead toward the end of July that was a tribute to the album today's song comes from. Sketches of Spain is considered to be one of Miles Davis best albums, though some critics didn't like it at the time. "Is that even Jazz?" It is Spanish folk and classical music as seen through the lens of jazz.

This is what Pitchfork had to say on the occasion of a CD reissue (expanded of course) of the album in 2009.

Sketches of Spain was always easy to like. So much so that, like its predecessor, it became the kind of record that someone with only two or three albums by jazz artists might have in their collection. That's partly up to its potential contexts being so variable. There's a lot going on in the music that rewards a close listen, but it's also something you can put on and read to (though admittedly, some of the dynamic surges could be a little jolting). It's often quiet and atmospheric, at points coming over as almost ambient. It's the kind of album that dims the light in the room whenever it plays. It's also absolutely gorgeous.

This song is "Solea" by Miles Davis from the 1960 album Sketches of Spain.