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Format : LP 180 gram / Sleeve : 3mm
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Recorded in two days in the summer of 1967 'Nefertiti' is Miles Davis' last fully acoustic album, with no compositions from Miles himself. Most tracks are written by Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock. Best known for its unusual title track, where the horns keep repeating the melody and the rhythm section improvises (instead of the other way around). Whilst an acoustic album, it does signals Miles' transition from bop to jazz fusion; a hint at the next albums 'Miles in the Sky' and the critically acclaimed 'In A Silent Way'. Rhythm section: Tony Williams & Ron Carter
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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This was the first Miles I bought, in black vinyl when it was released in '68. Why I was drawn to buy it, I don't know. I knew little about jazz and nothing about Miles's music. As a new release, the album was on prominently display in the shop and somehow, mesemerised by the cover [which I still find deeply enigmatic], I felt I had to buy it. I have played it constantly, ever since.
It has taken me years come to some modest understanding of this music, long after the extraordinary feeling conveyed by it had captivated me. The striking aspect of this album is the pivotal role played by drummer Tony Williams. It's remarkable that, at 17 years old, Williams's playing forms the canvas upon which Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter paint the forms and colours of this sublime music. Dave Holland's bass provides the rythmic underpinning, occasionally being visited by Williams, before he rejoins the others in the forefront of the picture.
Nefertiti is no K of B. One doesn't relax straight into it on first hearing, as anyone surely does with that earlier album. It presents a complexity that K o B does not have, despite the K o B band having four solo voices, including the giant talent of Coltrane. The primary role that Williams plays on Neferetiti seems disturbing at first but [for me] the beautiful logic and feeling contained in this music has gradually revealed itself and has become endlessly rewarding and essential to my enjoyment of Miles Davis.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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My favorite Miles studio album. Dark, sensuous, exciting, mysterious, fluid. Miles never sounded better. His sound is strong & rich and he refrains from using the mute. Shorter twists & turns, caressing & lingering, turning each phrase inside out. The rhythm section is simply the best in jazz - Williams' drumming is beyond compare. The compositions are beautiful & break new ground. The overall effect is of a volcano about to explode - you can sense the hot magma churning. The extra tracks add much. The recording is top notch & the album cover perfectly reflects the music. A perfect album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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As a drummer I have to hold this in high regard, there are a lot of drummers that love this recording, Tony Williams is still untouchable and with this recording in my car, house and my work van I know that I'm gonna be happy all week every week, it's beautiful and haunting and yet when the action hits it's exactly what I want from jazz. If your not into jazz but want to try it, put this on repeat and let it convert you as it did me.....The other reviewers already say enough I just want to say...Listen to Tony Williams!
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More musical gold from Miles' Second Quintet
"Nefertiti" was Miles Davis' follow-up record to "Miles Smiles" which was itself perhaps the greatest or ar least one of the very best jazz album of the 1960's. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ian Thumwood
Addictive shivers from the great Miles 60s quintet
A lot of improvising in and around the melody on this one - including a bass solo from Ron Carter (it's not Dave Holland as the first reviewer suggested) on 'Pinocchio'. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2003 by Gareth Smyth
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