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John Coltrane contributes seven choruses on tenor sax, the second of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 131 BPM over the 12-bar Blues in E♭, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. Coltrane follows with seven searing tenor saxophone choruses, his extended solo building in intensity as he works through the blues changes with increasing harmonic complexity. Recorded for the album Coltrane in 1957, the performance captures John Coltrane at 30 to 31 years old. "Chronic Blues" is a John Coltrane original from his 1957 album Coltrane, a 12-bar blues in E-flat minor that gives the session's musicians ample room to stretch out.
John Coltrane was 30 to 31 years old at the time.
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