Spin (4/98, p.130) - "...documents the pianist's first fully realized attempt to bridge the worlds of avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical music..."
The Wire (6/01, p.43) - "...A great introduction...A fairly lo-fi and fuzzy recording, it was nonetheless a breakthrough set..."n
Down Beat (7/97, p.44) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...almost 34 years after NEFERTITI was recorded...it retains its dazzle....there's certainly an authoritative eloquence at work....Cecil zealots just hit paydirt..."
JazzTimes (9/97, p.88) - "...NEFERTITI, THE BEAUTIFUL ONE HAS COME documents a pivotal period in pianist Cecil Taylor's evolution....this two-CD collection...is both a culmination of Taylor's early recastings of blues and song forms, and a preview of his later expansiveness..."
Personnel includes: Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons.
Recorded live in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1962.
Originally released on Arista/Freedom.
Personnel: Cecil Taylor (piano); Jimmy Lyons (alto saxophone); Sunny Murray (drums).
Recording information: Cafe Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark (11/23/1962).