Naima Backing Track Jazz Ballad - Apply your knowledge to this ballad that is one of John Coltrane's first great works.

"Naima" is a jazz ballad composed in 1959 by John Coltrane. The name refers to his first wife Naima Coltrane. This has long been Coltrane's favorite composition who recorded it several times in "The Complete Copenhagen Concert" (1961), "Live at the Village Vanguard Again!" (1966), "Afro Blue Impressions" (1977), "The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings" (1997) and "Blue World" (2019).

This song became a standard in jazz and was recorded by great jazz instrumentalists, including Tom Scott, Cedar Walton, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana, Maynard Ferguson, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Art Farmer, Pharoah Sanders , Joey DeFrancesco, Victor Wooten, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, Jaco Pastorius, Arturo Sandoval, George Benson, Tommy Flanagan, James Carter, Nicola Stilo, Toninho Horta and many others.

This jazz standard can be found in "Real Book vol.1" on page 315, in "Real Book vol.6" on page 293 and in "The New Real Book vol.2" on page 238.

This backing track consists of drums, bass and piano. The tempo is at 57bpm.

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