John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
Like Someone In Love

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John Coltrane's tenor sax solo is the sole improvisation on this recording. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar ABAC form at a ballad tempo of 57 BPM in A♭, the solo runs approximately 2:32. The recording captures Coltrane during a prolific period of growth and exploration, as he worked through the technical and harmonic challenges that would lead to his revolutionary innovations of the late 1950s and early 1960s. "Like Someone in Love" is a ballad performance from John Coltrane's 1957 album Lush Life, featuring the tenor saxophonist in a trio setting with Earl May on bass and Art Taylor on drums. 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.