John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
Green Dolphin Street

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John Coltrane's tenor sax solo is the second of 4 solos on this recording, following Miles Davis's trumpet and followed by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto sax. Spanning two choruses of the 32-bar ABAB' form at a medium-up 164 BPM with a swing feel in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:42. Coltrane follows with two intense choruses of tenor, then Adderley contributes two choruses of alto with characteristic bluesy exuberance. This was recorded on Miles Davis's 32nd birthday at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. John Coltrane was 31 to 32 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

John Coltrane was 31 to 32 years old at the time.