John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
Love For Sale

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John Coltrane's tenor sax solo is the third of 4 solos on this recording, following Julian "Cannonball" Adderley's alto sax and before Bill Evans's closing piano statement. Spanning two choruses of the 64-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 209 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 2:31. Coltrane then delivers two extraordinary choruses of tenor saxophone, his sheets-of-sound approach pushing the harmonic boundaries of the composition. 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.