John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
26-2

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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 four choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 194 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 2:39. The composition is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "Confirmation." "26-2" is one of John Coltrane's most ingenious compositions, a contrafact based on Charlie Parker's "Confirmation," which itself derives from the chord changes of the standard "On the Sunny Side of the Street." Recorded on October 24, 1960, for the album Coltrane's Sound, the piece applies the multi-tonic system of chord substitutions that Coltrane had been developing throughout his career. 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.