Coltrane had first recorded "Naima" five years earlier, for the Atlantic album Giant Steps. His quartet had played it often in live settings, but this is a studio version, and a truly excellent one.

The living room of the Coltrane Home, where John Coltrane lived with his mother, cousin, and eventually his first wife, Juanita “Naima” Grubbs, off and on while he was on tour until his death ...