John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

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John Coltrane's tenor sax solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before McCoy Tyner's closing piano statement. Spanning three choruses of the 52-bar AAB form at a bright 223 BPM with a latin feel in G, the solo runs approximately 2:52. Coltrane takes the Jerry Brainin standard through three blazing choruses over its unusual 52-bar AAB form at a tempo exceeding 220 beats per minute, deploying the rapid-fire scalar runs and harmonic superimpositions that defined his sheets of sound approach. John Coltrane was 33 to 34 years old at the time of this 1960 recording.

John Coltrane was 33 to 34 years old at the time.