Jimmy Garrison
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Take the Coltrane

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Jimmy Garrison's acoustic bass solo is the third and final solo on "Take the Coltrane" from the 1962 Duke Ellington and John Coltrane album. He takes four choruses of the 12-bar blues form at 259 BPM in F, following Duke Ellington's piano and John Coltrane's extended eleven-chorus tenor statement. Garrison's bass solo at this fast tempo demonstrates his ability to function as a melodic voice in the ensemble, articulating clear, rhythmically driven lines over the blues changes at 27 to 28 years old.

Jimmy Garrison was 27 to 28 years old at the time.