Nefertiti is a 1968 studio album by Miles Davis, released by Columbia and recorded in June to July 1967 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. It is the fourth album by Davis's Second Great Quintet and the last all-acoustic date before he began using electric instruments. The title track, composed by Wayne Shorter, is famous for its repeatedly stated melody as the rhythm section improvises underneath, effectively making the drums a leading voice in a drum concerto style. The album also features Shorter's Fall and Pinocchio and Herbie Hancock's Madness and Riot, with Hand Jive by Tony Williams driving the pace. Nefertiti is considered a landmark post-bop recording that helped push the quintet toward more open, process-driven performances and it reached No 8 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart in 1968.
