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"Naima" (/ n aɪ ˈ iː m ə / ny-EE-mə) is a jazz ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959 that he named after his then-wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. Coltrane first recorded it for his 1959 album Giant Steps , and it became one of his first well-known works.
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Coltrane's wife Naima named the song "Equinox". [3] The equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun. Coltrane was born September 23, 1926, that year's official autumn equinox. The release of "Equinox" was delayed until 1964, when Atlantic issued Coltrane's Sound. Before ...
Giant Steps is a studio album by the jazz musician John Coltrane.It was released in February 1960 through Atlantic Records. [1] [2] [4] This was Coltrane's first album as leader for the label, with which he had signed a new contract the previous year.
In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn wrote: "Vital, transitional John Coltrane with the quartet near its end; this 1965 Antibes concert may have featured familiar material ('Naima,' 'My Favorite Things,' 'Afro Blue,' and 'Impressions' are among the five selections), but that is the only thing that linked it with the ensemble's past offerings ...
So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 is a 4–CD compilation album by American saxophonist John Coltrane containing music recorded live during the 1961 European tour, which took place under the auspices of Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic programs.
Afro Blue Impressions is an album of a performance by jazz musician John Coltrane that was recorded live in 1963. The album was originally released many years later, in 1977, on the Pablo label, as a double LP .
Naima is an album by American musician Eric Dolphy, released in Europe in 1987 by the Jazzway label, [1] and later by the West Wind label. [2] Four of the five tracks were recorded on June 11, 1964 in a Paris studio for radio broadcast, nine days after the Hilversum session that yielded Last Date , and eighteen days before Dolphy's death.