ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

John Coltrane: Blues by Five

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
177 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
7
Form
A12

John Coltrane's solo on “Blues by Five” has 449 notes in 112 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from Eb3 to Eb5. The average tempo is 177 BPM with a swing feel. About 47% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

449Notes
112sSolo length
4Notes per second
Eb3–Eb5Range (24 semitones)
47%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×69
  • -3 ×52
  • +1 ×48
  • +2 ×48
  • -1 ×44
  • +3 ×42

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
F7

Record

Record
Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet · Prestige · 2007
Recorded
1956-10-26
Line-up
Miles Davis (tp); Red Garland (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr); John Coltrane (ts)
Composer
Red Garland
Solo length
03:09-05:01

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