John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
Smoke Stack

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John Coltrane's tenor sax solo is the 5th of 6 solos on this recording, following Lee Morgan's trumpet and before Wynton Kelly's closing piano statement. Spanning eight choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a bright 224 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:44. John Coltrane contributes eight choruses in this version, one more than on the master, his improvisation taking different harmonic paths while maintaining the same intense commitment to harmonic exploration. 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.