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John Coltrane opens with seven choruses on tenor sax, the first of two solos, followed by Red Garland on piano. Taken at a breakneck swing tempo of 364 BPM over the 32-bar ABCA' in D, the improvisation demands exceptional technical command and quick melodic thinking. The 32-bar ABCA' form in D minor provides the harmonic framework for two extended solos that showcase the extraordinary technical facility of both Coltrane and pianist Red Garland. Recorded for the album Soultrane in 1958, the performance captures John Coltrane at 31 to 32 years old. Coltrane's seven-chorus tenor saxophone statement is a tour de force of speed and invention, his running eighth-note lines cascading through the changes with the kind of breathless intensity that would soon be described as his "sheets of sound" approach.
John Coltrane was 31 to 32 years old at the time.
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