Naima
Context
Ballad composed by John Coltrane and dedicated to his first wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. Recorded on December 2, 1959, at the Atlantic studios in New York with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb, it was the last take made for the album Giant Steps, released on Atlantic in January 1960.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modal. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.