ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1957

John Coltrane: Blue Train

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
141 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
8
Form
A12

John Coltrane's solo on “Blue Train” has 992 notes in 165 seconds (6 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from Eb3 to F5. The average tempo is 141 BPM with a swing feel. About 58% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

992Notes
165sSolo length
6Notes per second
Eb3–F5Range (26 semitones)
58%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×173
  • +2 ×155
  • -1 ×149
  • +1 ×97
  • +3 ×89
  • -3 ×87

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭7
C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7

Record

Record
Blue Train · Blue Note · 1985
Recorded
1957-09-15
Line-up
Lee Morgan (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Kenny Drew (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr); Curtis Fuller (tb)
Composer
John Coltrane
Solo length
00:37-03:24

Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.