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John Coltrane's tenor sax solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Lee Morgan on trumpet. Spanning eight choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 150 BPM with a swing feel in E♭, the solo runs approximately 2:47. Coltrane leads with a towering eight-chorus tenor saxophone statement that builds from searching melodic exploration to a climactic intensity, his "sheets of sound" approach already emerging as he navigates the blues changes with unprecedented harmonic density. "Blue Trane" is the monumental title track of John Coltrane's 1957 album for Blue Note Records, his only recording as a leader for the label and one of the defining documents of hard bop. John Coltrane was 30 to 31 years old at the time of this 1957 recording.
John Coltrane was 30 to 31 years old at the time.
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