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- Date Released: June 7, 1967
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Columbia/Legacy
- Copyright: Originally Released 1968, 1998, (P) 1988 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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We Say...
By 1967 and Nefertiti, the fourth (and last full) album by trumpeter Miles Davis's great '60s quintet, the music had gotten increasingly bizarre. On tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter's title track, he and Miles just keep repeating the mournful short melody line over and over; there are no solos, unless you count pianist Herbie Hancock's bursts of commentary in the cracks, or drummer Tony Williams' fireworks behind the horns. "Nefertiti"'s circular strategy worked so well, they reprise it with variations on "Pinocchio" (one line melody, but with solos this time) and "Capricorn" (a tune constructed from repetitive figures.)
By this stage in the band's development, there was no mistaking who was driving: Tony William's double-time cymbals and cracking snare thunder are all over everything, all the time, but the effect is so relentlessly musical his onslaught never feels like too much. (Listen to him slowly come to a roiling boil on "Nefertiti.") Hancock had gotten in the habit of soloing one-handed, to keep a lean profile. Ron Carter is the band's pulse and heartbeat. His fast running lines tether "Pinocchio," "Capricorn" and "Hand Jive"; on "Riot" his bass is a log drum. This is the sound of musicians reinventing the art of the jazz quintet. -
They Say...
Nefertiti, the fourth album by Miles Davis' second classic quintet, continues the forward motion of Sorcerer, as the group settles into a low-key, exploratory groove, offering music with recognizable themes -- but themes that were deliberately dissonant, slightly unsettling even as they burrowed their way into the consciousness. In a sense, this is mood music, since, like on much of Sorcerer, the individual parts mesh in unpredictable ways, creating evocative, floating soundscapes. This music anticipates the free-fall, impressionistic work of In a Silent Way, yet it remains rooted in hard bop, particularly when the tempo is a bit sprightly, as on "Hand Jive." Yet even when the instrumentalists and soloists are placed in the foreground -- such as Miles' extended opening solo on "Madness" or Hancock's long solo toward the end of the piece -- this never feels like showcases for virtuosity, the way some showboating hard bop can, though each player shines. What's impressive, like on all of this quintet's sessions, is the interplay, how the musicians follow an unpredictable path as a unit, turning in music that is always searching, always provocative, and never boring. Perhaps Nefertiti's charms are a little more subtle than those of its predecessors, but that makes it intriguing. Besides, this album so clearly points the way to fusion, while remaining acoustic, that it may force listeners on either side of the fence into another direction.
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- Instruments:
- Guitar //
- Piano //
- Trumpet //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Drums //
- Sax (Tenor)
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