With an impressive length of over 12 minutes, “Solea” serves as the closing composition for the original release of Sketches of Spain. Unlike some of the other pieces, Davis utilizes the entire orchestra, which isn’t noticeable at the beginning, but is rather masterfully introduced subtly, effective...
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Solea was written by Gil Evans.
Solea was produced by Teo Macero.
Miles Davis released Solea on Mon Jul 18 1960.
Continuing with the Spainish themes, and just like the previous song, a solea is a type of song, traditionally from Spain, that is derived from flamenco.