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Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Mark Wilder and Rob Schwarz (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
NEFERTITI represents the final "straight-ahead" offering by Miles Davis' legendary '60s quintet, the culmination of a creative arc which began with E.S.P.. On four subsequent albums--MILES IN THE SKY, FILLES DE KILIMANJARO, IN A SILENT WAY and BITCHES BREW--Davis forged a fresh creative arc in which he allowed elements of electronics, blues, funk and rock to intermingle with his own post-modernist sensibility to launch the jazz-rock fusion era.
NEFERTITI was the fruition of all Davis' experiments in free form, bebop, cool and modal jazz. Davis's signature as an improviser and musical editor is writ large on each composition, particularly in the provocative use of space. On Shorter's famous title tune, the trumpet and tenor saxophone shadow each other's line in a deliberately inexact manner, almost like a form of silkscreening, as Hancock's piano tolls away suggestively and Tony Williams drops percussive grenades all over the canvas--as if the drums were the lead voice (and don't think they aren't).
Shorter's floating melody on "Fall" and his boppish figures on "Pinocchio" have also become essential elements of the modern jazz lexicon, and listen to how bassist Carter and Williams suspend, subdivide and generally subert the traditional 4/4 swing pulse on the later. Williams' "Hand Jive" and Hancock's "Madness" offer cubist shards of melody as the take off point for more resounding swing interplay with Carter and Williams, while the pithy "Riot" redefines Afro-Cuban in a decidedly modern manner. NEFERTITI is a mysterious, meliflouous, enduring classic.
Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, New York on between June 7 and July 19, 1967. Originally released on Columbia (9594). Includes liner notes by Bob Belden.
Reissue producers: Michael Cuscuna, Bob Belden.
Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Herbie Hancock (piano, electric piano); Tony Williams (drums).
Audio Remixer: Mark Wilder.
Liner Note Authors: John Ephland; Bob Belden.
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (06/07/1967-07/19/1967); New York, NY (06/07/1967-07/19/1967).
Photographer: Jan Persson.
Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Herbie Hancock (piano); Ron Carter (bass); Tony Williams (drums).
Producers: Teo Macero, Howard Roberts.
Re-Issue
Q (1/92, p.89) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...Acoustic jazz couldn't go far after this masterpiece..."
Down Beat (p.66) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Offset by Hancock's staggered lines, drummer Tony Williams' cymbal taps during `Fall' reel you into the song in a mesmerizing manner..."
Miles Davis - Nefertiti Songs
| 1 | Nefertiti | 7:52 | $0.99 | |
| 2 | Fall | 6:35 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Hand Jive | 8:54 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | Madness | 7:31 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Riot | 3:05 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | Pinocchio | 5:06 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Hand Jive | 6:45 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Hand Jive | 8:13 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | Madness | 6:40 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | Pinocchio | 5:05 | $0.99 | |
Nefertiti Music Review
Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)    A BOLD AND STRONG MUSIC
I FIND VERY INTERESTING THIS MUSIC.MILES DAVIS IS MY PATTERN
Submitted by ioulioskerpis (ATHENS CREECE) 
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Musical Poetry
The choice and use of color by all the players is imagnative and spell binding - made so by melodic lines that are timeless,as if created that very moment .
Best yet , it's fresheness is new with each listen as new things are heard with a different listening emphasis or change in your mood or enviroment .
Submitted by fullerg (Philly)
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Though I am a huge Miles Davis appreciator and collector, I must admit, this album is so, so, overrated. It's a common occurrence in jazz: a project has great players and a famous leader, so we're all supposed to love it, forever. The problem with 'Nefertiti' is that the melodies are too spare (no hooks, bridges, or counterplay) and, even though this band plays at the highest available level, the songs don't go anywhere. Actually, it's all kinda boring. What I really hate are the alternate takes on cd versions. Who have you ever known who wants to hear virtually identical versions of the same song on the same disc? Who ever started this idea?
Submitted by St.Davey (Windham, Me.)
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Free jazz at its best
With Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter how could you go wrong? This is a top Miles Davis album which shows his ability to choose excellent personnel. Tony Williams plays how he feels and gets it all right while Ron Carter lays down the bass to allow Davis, Hancock and Shorter to solo with easy, making beautiful and exciting sound scapes.
Submitted by Anton (Cleveland, Qld, Aus)
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Very good sound, better than current US version, nicely packaged.
Submitted by Bill (Greensboro, NC)
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