John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
Trinkle Tinkle

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John Coltrane's tenor sax solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Thelonious Monk on piano. Spanning three choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at a medium-up 158 BPM with a swing feel in E♭, the solo runs approximately 2:30. Coltrane delivers three ambitious choruses through the 32-bar AABA form at a medium-up tempo, his sheets-of-sound approach beginning to emerge as he searches for ways to navigate Monk's unconventional chord progressions. John Coltrane was 30 to 31 years old at the time of this 1957 recording.

John Coltrane was 30 to 31 years old at the time.