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John Coltrane's tenor sax solo is the first of two solos on this recording, followed by Wynton Kelly on piano. Spanning three choruses of the 32-bar AABA form in C at a vigorous 221 BPM with a swing feel, Coltrane tears through three choruses on tenor saxophone with extraordinary technical command, weaving complex lines through the familiar harmonic framework with an intensity that presages his work on Giant Steps, recorded just months earlier. "Fifth House" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "What Is This Thing Called Love," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity.
John Coltrane was 32 to 33 years old at the time.
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