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Nefertiti

Miles Davis · 1968 · Columbia

Personnel

Miles Davis

leader · Trumpet

Wayne Shorter

played Saxophone on this album

The title track is Shorter's composition with an unprecedented structure: Miles and Shorter repeatedly state the melody without ever soloing, leaving Hancock, Williams, and Carter to effectively improvise beneath them.

Herbie Hancock

played Piano on this album

Ron Carter

played Double Bass on this album

Tony Williams

played Drums on this album

Wayne Shorter

played Tenor Saxophone on this album

On the title track of NefertitiNefertitiMiles Davis · 1968 (1967), the Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス/Wayne ShorterWayne Shorterウェイン・ショーター front line repeats a single melody while the rhythm section improvises around them — an inverted approach that was avant-garde for its time.

Miles Davis Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock Ron Carter Tony Williams

ShorterWayne Shorterウェイン・ショーター appears on 21 albums here — from E.S.P. E.S.P. E.S.P.Miles Davis · 1965 through NefertitiNefertitiMiles Davis · 1968 to In a Silent WayIn a Silent WayMiles Davis · 1969, supporting Miles's musical evolution with his saxophone and pen.