Sahib Shihab
Baritone Sax Solo on
Chronic Blues

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Sahib Shihab opens the solo sequence with four choruses on baritone sax, the first of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 124 BPM over the 12-bar Blues in E♭, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. Sahib Shihab opens the solo sequence with four choruses of baritone saxophone that bring a deep, earthy quality to the minor-key blues framework. Recorded for the album Coltrane in 1957, the performance captures Sahib Shihab at 31 to 32 years old. Chronic Blues is an original blues composition by John Coltrane, recorded in 1957 for his self-titled debut album on Prestige Records.

Sahib Shihab was 31 to 32 years old at the time.