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Tenor saxophone solo · 1960

John Coltrane: Body and Soul (Alternate Take)

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
138 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

John Coltrane's solo on “Body and Soul (Alternate Take)” has 421 notes in 112 seconds (3.8 notes per second), spanning 29 semitones from C3 to F5. The average tempo is 138 BPM with a swing feel. About 54% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

421Notes
112sSolo length
3.8Notes per second
C3–F5Range (29 semitones)
54%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×71
  • -1 ×64
  • +2 ×61
  • +3 ×33
  • -3 ×33
  • 0 ×31

Changes played over

A1
E♭mE♭mj7Eb-7
A♭7
E♭mE♭mj7Eb-7
A♭7
D♭/A♭
Faug/A♭Gaug/A♭
Fm7/A♭
Em7A7
A♭sus
A♭sus
A♭7
B7911♯
Faug/A♭Gaug/A♭
Faug/A♭Gaug/A♭
Faug/A♭A♭79♭
D♭F79♭13bBb+7
A2
E♭mE♭mj7Eb-7
A♭7
E♭mE♭mj7Eb-7
A♭7
D♭/A♭
Faug/A♭Gaug/A♭
Fm7/A♭
Em7A7
A♭sus
A♭sus
A♭7
B7911♯
Faug/A♭Gaug/A♭
Faug/A♭Gaug/A♭
Faug/A♭A♭79♭
D♭Em7A7
B1
Dmaj7
Em7
D/G♭
Gm7C7
Dmaj7F7
B♭maj7D♭7
G♭maj7A7
Dmaj7
Dm7♭5
G79♭
Cmaj7
E♭7
A♭7B7
Emaj7G7
Cmaj7B7
B♭susB♭7

Record

Record
The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings CD 4 · Rhino Records Inc · 1984
Recorded
1960-10-24
Line-up
Steve Davis (b); Elvin Jones (dr); McCoy Tyner (p); John Coltane (ts)
Composer
Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length
00:28-02:20

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