Nefertiti (Miles Davis album)

Nefertiti
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1968[1][2]
RecordedJune 7 – July 19, 1967 (1967-06-07 – 1967-07-19)
StudioColumbia 30th Street
New York City
Genre
Length39:08
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero, Howard Roberts
Miles Davis chronology
Sorcerer
(1967)
Nefertiti
(1968)
Miles in the Sky
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
DownBeat[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Penguin Guide to Jazz[7]
Q[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[10]
Tom Hull – on the WebA−[11]
Xgau SezA−[12]

Nefertiti is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It was released in March 1968 through Columbia Records.[13] The recording was made at Columbia's 30th Street Studio over four dates between June 7 and July 19, 1967, the album was Davis' last fully acoustic album. Davis himself did not contribute any compositions – three were written by tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, two by pianist Herbie Hancock, and one by drummer Tony Williams.[4]

  1. ^ Billboard March 23, 1968
  2. ^ Carter, Ron; et al. (2012). Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0760342626. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  3. ^ "Miles Davis – Nefertiti (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Nefertiti – All Music Review". All Music. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  5. ^ Alkyer Enright, Frank; Jason Koransky, eds. (2007). The Miles Davis Reader. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 305–06. ISBN 978-1617745706.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 325.
  8. ^ "Review: Nefertiti". Q. London: 89. January 1992. Acoustic jazz couldn't go far after this masterpiece...
  9. ^ Considine, J. D.; et al. (November 2, 2004). Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition. Simon & Schuster. p. 215. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 58. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  11. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Grade List: Miles Davis". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference xgau was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Carter, Ron; et al. (2012). Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0760342626. Retrieved July 20, 2013.