Joan Chamorro & Miles Tribute Big Band - Sketches of Catalonia (2011)

In 2011 Joan Chamorro was commissioned to assemble and lead an orchestra as a tribute to Miles Davis, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of his death. Pere Pons, artistic director of the Jamboree Club and San Miguel Mas i Mas Festival was the one who made the assignment to Chamorro: he wanted it to accompany the publication of a special issue dedicated to the Missouri trumpeter’s imprint left in Catalonia. The effort would result in a unique concert, on August 31, 2011 at the Apolo in Barcelona, that would be recorded and published together with the monograph. The production, recorded here, was called after Miles Davis' and Gil Evans' Sketches of Spain (1960), and was meant to be a hommage to the prince of darkness.

Tracklist:

1. Quasimodo (Charlie Parker) 7:39
2. Four (Miles Davis) 9:46
3. Half Nelson (Miles Davis) 6:51
4. Someday My Prince Will Come (Larry Morey / Frank Churchill) 5:16
5. Seven Steps to Heaven (Miles Davis / Victor Feldman) 6:10
6. My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) 5:23
7. All of You (Cole Porter) 5:17
8. Tutu (Marcus Miller) 11:07
9. So What (Miles Davis) 8:07

Personnel:
Joan Chamorro – conductor, baritone, tenor and alto sax, bass clarinet
Matthew Simon, Jaume Pena, Alba Armengou – trumpet
Andrea Motis – trumpet and vocals
Josep Tutusaus, Sergi Verges, Dani Tellez – trombone
Eva Fernandez – baritone, alto and soprano sax and clarinet
Joan Marti, Alba Esteban – alto sax
Isce Datzira – tenor sax and clarinet
Carles Vazquez – tenor sax and flute
Joan Monne – piano and keyboards
Curro Galvez – double bass and electric bass
Carles Benavent – bass
Esteve Pi – drums