John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
Lyresto

About

Opening the solo section, this tenor sax improvisation spans two choruses of the 32-bar ABAC form at an uptempo swing feel at 210 BPM. Coltrane's solo is particularly notable for its harmonic adventurousness, his lines pushing against the chord changes with an urgency that foreshadows his groundbreaking work of the following years. The 32-bar ABAC form, with its non-repeating final section, offers harmonic variety and a sense of forward motion through the changes. Following this solo, Kenny Burrell takes over on electric guitar.

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