ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1957

John Coltrane: Nutty

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
138 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
3
Form
A8A8B8A8

John Coltrane's solo on “Nutty” has 1,226 notes in 169 seconds (7.2 notes per second), spanning 35 semitones from A2 to Ab5. The average tempo is 138 BPM with a swing feel. About 60% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

1,226Notes
169sSolo length
7.2Notes per second
A2–Ab5Range (35 semitones)
60%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×214
  • -2 ×200
  • -1 ×187
  • +1 ×132
  • +3 ×119
  • -3 ×111

Changes played over

A1
B♭maj7G79♭/B
Cm7F7
B♭maj7G7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7G79♭/B
Cm7F7
B♭maj7
Cm7F7
A2
B♭maj7G79♭/B
Cm7F7
B♭maj7G7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7G79♭/B
Cm7F7
B♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
B1
E♭maj7C79♭
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7C79♭
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Cm7F7
A3
B♭maj7G79♭
Cm7F7
B♭maj7G7
Cm7F7
B♭maj7G79♭
Cm7F7
B♭maj7
B♭maj7

Record

Record
Trane's Blues · Giants of Jazz · 1990
Recorded
June/July 1957
Line-up
John Coltrane (ts); Thelonious Monk (p); Wilbur Ware (b); Shadow Wilson (dr)
Composer
Thelonious Monk

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