Naima (track)
by John Coltrane
Naima appears on the following album(s) by John Coltrane:
- Giant Steps (track #6) (this album) (1960)
- Afro Blue Impressions (track #2) (1977)
- The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (track #6) (compilation) (1997)
- The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (track #16) (compilation) (1997)
- Live In Paris Part 1 (track #1) (1972)
- Offering: Live At Temple University (track #1) (2014)
- The Very Best Of John Coltrane (track #3) (compilation) (2000)
- Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard Again! (track #1) (1966)
- The Best Of John Coltrane (track #2) (compilation) (1970)
- Live Trane (track #4) (compilation) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/12/2026 05:51 | sunnydhamm | 18,449 | 57/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 18:31 | bonnequestion | 16,341 | 75/100 | |
| 12/10/2025 20:29 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,832 | 70/100 | |
| 08/06/2025 15:30 |  DommeDamian | 73,246 | 51/100 | |
| 06/25/2025 11:07 | SD100852 | 11,343 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.9/100, a mean average of 87.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.5.
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This is a beautiful song, and my favorite on the album.
"Naima" is named after Coltrane's wife at the time.
The song was recorded with Coltrane's bandmates, the rhythm section from the Miles Davis Quintet, who would provide the backing for most of his next album, Coltrane Jazz.
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