Tenor saxophone solo · 1959

John Coltrane: Countdown

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 338 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 8
Form: A16

John Coltrane's solo on “Countdown” has 867 notes in 89 seconds (9.7 notes per second), spanning 29 semitones from Bb2 to Eb5. The average tempo is 338 BPM with a swing feel. About 56% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

867Notes

89sSolo length

9.7Notes per second

Bb2–Eb5Range (29 semitones)

56%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×169
+2 ×155
-1 ×120
+3 ×95
-3 ×83
+4 ×51

Changes played over

E^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7D♭⁷

G♭^maj7A⁷

D^maj7

D^m7E♭⁷

A♭^maj7B⁷

E^maj7G⁷

C^maj7

C^m7D♭⁷

G♭^maj7A⁷

D^maj7F⁷

B♭^maj7

E⁷

F⁷

B♭^maj7

E♭⁷

Record

Record: The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings CD 2 · Atlantic Records · 1995
Recorded: 1959-05-04
Line-up: John Coltrane (ts); Tommy Flanagan (p); Paul Chambers (b); Art Taylor (dr)
Composer: Coltrane
Solo length: 00:23-01:53

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