Tenor saxophone solo · 1963
John Coltrane: Nature Boy
- Key
- E minor
- Tempo
- 186 BPM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Postbop
- Choruses
- 1
- Form
- open
John Coltrane's solo on “Nature Boy” has 1,292 notes in 256 seconds (5 notes per second), spanning 38 semitones from A2 to B5. The average tempo is 186 BPM with a swing feel. About 45% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
1,292Notes
256sSolo length
5Notes per second
A2–B5Range (38 semitones)
45%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- +2 ×208
- -2 ×188
- -3 ×123
- +3 ×119
- -4 ×107
- +1 ×104
Changes played over
A1
Record
- Record
- The John Coltrane Quartet Plays · Impulse! Records · 1965
- Recorded
- 18.02.1963
- Line-up
- John Coltrane (ts); Art Davis (b); Elvin Jones (dr); McCoy Tyner (p)
- Composer
- Eden Abhez
- Solo length
- 01:50-06:05
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.