At his mother's house, he lay down in a bedroom and instructed his wife Naima to bring him only water while he went through the agony of kicking both heroin and alcohol." When Coltrane emerged, he had ...

The two-disc “Offering” practically begins mid-sentence, with John Coltrane already into the opening number “Naima” before the engineer for Temple University’s WRTI radio station could ...

had given John Coltrane a copy of the recordings at the time. John gave that copy to his first wife, Juanita Naima Coltrane, whose family recently discovered it. "Any time you can find a whole ...

Ringo plays the rhythm, Paul holds down the bass, John adds the chords ... It has emerged from the attic of Coltrane’s first wife, Naima, as an “audition tape” whose master tape was either ...

Ravi Coltrane, son of John and Alice Coltrane ... as well as touch on "Giant Steps" material such as "Naima" and "Mr. P.C." Workman, now a professor at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary ...

A love song inspired by and named for John Coltrane’s first wife, “Naima” is a contemplative ballad that exudes a sense of reverence for the beloved. The saxophonist known for long ...

Some things to know about the lost and found new John Coltrane album ... The tapes remained with the family of Coltrane's first wife, Naima. The finished album, out June 29 from Impulse!/ ...

Coltrane's playing is dense, which made her a natural replacement for John's former pianist, McCoy Tyner. Sponsor Message McPartland performs solo in the ballad "Naima," before the two get into a ...

John William Coltrane was born on September 23 ... the same month in which Coltrane was married to Naima Grubbs. The quintet was comprised of Davis on trumpet, Coltrane on tenor sax, Red Garland on ...