John Coltrane's "Naima"

[Jerry Gleason]

This originally came up in another thread
"what tunes are you working on this week?" but I thought I'd post it here for those interested in some esoteric jazz.
This is for a standard C6 pedal setup, D on top.

<small> WARNING!!! NOT COUNTRY. Not even close....</small>

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Naima John Coltrane

(a) Bbm7 Ebm9 B7#11 A7#11 AbMaj7
1.------------13-|-------|--------------------|------|-------
2.---------------|-------|--------------------|-3----|-------
3.--13(K)--------|-6(k)--|--6(7)---4(7)---4(7)|------|-------
4.---------13----|-----6-|--------------4-----|------|-------
5.--13-----------|-6-----|--6------4----------|-3----|-repeat (a)
6.--13-----------|-6-----|--6(6)---4(6)-------|-3----|-------
7.--13-----------|-6-----|--------------------|------|-------
8.---------------|-6-----|--6------4----------|------|-------
9.---------------|-------|--------------------|-3----|-------
10.--------------|-------|--------------------|------|-------

(b) BMaj7 Bb7b9 BMaj7 Bb7b9
1.---------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|
2.---------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|
3.--11(K)--11(k)-11(k)-|-8(k)---8(K)-|-11(K)--11(k)-11(k)-|-8(k)-8(K)---|
4.---------------------|------8------|--------------------|-----------8-|
5.--11-----------------|-8(5)--------|-11-----------------|-8(5)--------|
6.--11-----------------|-8(6)--------|-11-----------------|-8(6)--------|
7.--11-----------------|-8-----------|-11-----------------|-8-----------|
8.---------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|
9.---------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|
10.--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|

E7#11 BMaj7 Fm9 Gb13
1.---------------------|---------------|------------|------| repeat (a)
2.---------------------|---------------|------------|------| once more
3.--11(7)--11(7)-11(7)-|---------------|------------|------|
4.---------------------|-11(7)---11(7)-|-8(7)--8(7)-|-4(7)-|
5.--11-----------------|-11------------|-8----------|-4(5)-|
6.--11(6)--------------|-11---11-------|-8---8------|-4----|
7.---------------------|-11------------|-8----------|-4----|
8.--11-----------------|---------------|------------|------|
9.---------------------|---------------|------------|------|
10.--------------------|---------------|------------|------|

Bass plays Eb pedal over the a section, Bb pedal over the b section. </pre></font><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jerry Gleason on 19 June 2001 at 04:55 PM.]</p></FONT>