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Coltrane was born Alice Lucille McLeod on August 27, 1937, in Detroit, Michigan, [3] and grew up in a musical household. Her mother, Anna McLeod, was a member of the choir at her church; her half-brother, Ernest Farrow, became a jazz drummer; [4] and her younger sister, Marilyn McLeod, became a songwriter at Motown.
"Naima" (/ n aɪ ˈ iː m ə / ny-EE-mə) is a jazz ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959 that he named after his then-wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. Coltrane first recorded it for his 1959 album Giant Steps, and it became one of his first well-known works.
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Naima" is a ballad by John Coltrane, composed in 1959, and named after his first wife Juanita Naima Coltrane (née Grubbs). Naima may also refer to: People
Coltrane's wife Naima named the song "Equinox". [3] The equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun. Coltrane was born September 23, 1926, that year's official autumn equinox. The release of "Equinox" was delayed until 1964, when Atlantic issued Coltrane's Sound. Before ...
His parents named him after John Coltrane. Cole was born on September 15, 1994, the eldest child of Doug and Kerstin Emhoff. "On 9/14/94 around 8:30pm my old school beeper went off," Doug posted ...
John Coltrane and his wife Alice moved to Suffolk County in 1964, along with their three children and Alice's daughter from her prior marriage to Kenny Hagood. [7] John lived in the house until his death from liver cancer at Huntington Hospital on July 17, 1967; Alice continued living in the house until 1973. [3]
He is the grandnephew of the late jazz pianist Alice Coltrane, wife of saxophonist John Coltrane. [13] [14] Additionally, he is the grandson of singer-songwriter Marilyn McLeod, who is notable for having written Diana Ross's "Love Hangover" and Freda Payne's "I Get High (On Your Memory)" and is Alice Coltrane's sister. [15]