Home / Music / 'Naima' is Coltrane's ballad named for his first wifeMusic linernotes album music john-coltrane'Naima' is Coltrane's ballad named for his first wife‘Naima,’ from Coltrane’s Giant Steps, was named after his first wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesCrescent is Coltrane at his most melodic — a calm before the free-jazz stormNaima was recorded with Miles Davis's rhythm section, not Coltrane's usual bandColtrane blew up his quartet to 21 musicians for Africa/BrassBlue Train has five tracks — four Coltrane originals and a standardBallads was John Coltrane's second Impulse! album — but the first to focus entirely on balladsExploreKenny Barron, Bob Cunningham, and Albert Heath played on Cosmic Tones for Mental TherapyIsabelle Faust recorded Bach's violin sonatas with harpsichord and celloA Winged Victory for the Sullen is Dustin O'Halloran and Adam WiltzieBoards of Canada are brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus EoinHave a Nice Life formed in 2000 in ConnecticutPrevious 'Take Five' made 5/4 time famous on Time OutNext 'Broken glass everywhere, people pissin' on the stairs' — the unforgettable opening of Grandmaster Flash's The Message
