I've always found Shorter too cool." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic was more enthusiastic about its relatively subtler "charms" while finding it a clear forerunner to the jazz fusion that would follow: "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." Track listing Columbia – CS 9594 Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–6 on CD reissues. Personnel Musicians Miles Davis – trumpet Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone Herbie Hancock – piano Ron Carter – double bass Tony Williams – drums Production Teo Macero – production Howard Roberts – production Fred Plaut, Ray Moore – engineering Rob Schwarz – mastering Chart history Billboard Music Charts (North America) – Nefertiti 1968: Top Jazz Albums – No. 8 References 1968 albums Miles Davis albums Columbia Records albums Legacy Recordings albums Albums produced by Teo Macero Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio Instrumental albums