Nefertiti

Miles Davis Quintet · 1967

Context

Piece by Wayne Shorter, title track of the album recorded by Miles Davis's quintet between June 7 and July 19, 1967, and released in 1968 by Columbia. The horns repeat the theme without soloing while the rhythm section improvises underneath, reversing the usual roles. It is Davis's last fully acoustic record.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modal. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• In a Silent Way (1969)
• Bitches Brew (1970)
• Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
• So What (1959)
• Blue in Green (1959)
• Freddie Freeloader (1959)

Sources

• EN: Nefertiti (Miles Davis album)

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