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John Coltrane contributes two choruses on tenor sax, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 176 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in F, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm," a familiar harmonic foundation that invites inventive melodic exploration. John Coltrane follows with two tenor saxophone choruses that capture him in an early but already compelling stage of development, his lines driven by the harmonic curiosity that would soon reshape the saxophone's possibilities. Recorded for the album Chambers' Music in 1956, the performance captures John Coltrane at 29 to 30 years old.
John Coltrane was 29 to 30 years old at the time.
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