Recorded in only three days, in early 1961, Someday My Prince Will Come is the successor to the critically-acclaimed Sketches of Spain, which was itself the successor to arguably one of the best albums in the history of jazz, Kind Of Blue.
The album was the last collaboration between Davis and John Coltrane, who left in order to focus on his solo career. Despite his departure, the album proved to be a fine addition to the Davis canon. It was described by allaboutjazz as being:
At once a curiosity and a masterpiece, a recording that not only captures trumpeter Miles Davis' group in flux but practically crystallizes the very moment of transition.