John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
Equinox

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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 eight choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 118 BPM with a swing feel in D♭, the solo runs approximately 3:21. Coltrane's eight-chorus tenor saxophone solo builds with masterful pacing from understated opening phrases through increasingly intense explorations of the minor blues form, demonstrating his unparalleled ability to construct long, architecturally coherent improvisations. 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.