Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

John Coltrane: Oleo

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 266 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 4
Form: A8A8B8A8

John Coltrane's solo on “Oleo” has 656 notes in 114 seconds (5.7 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from D3 to D5. The average tempo is 266 BPM with a swing feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

656Notes

114sSolo length

5.7Notes per second

D3–D5Range (24 semitones)

55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×123
+2 ×93
+1 ×75
-1 ×71
-3 ×70
+3 ×48

Changes played over

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^mF⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7E♭^m6

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7E♭^m6

B♭^maj7G⁷

B♭^maj7

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7E♭^m6

B♭^maj7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

Record

Record: Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet · Prestige · 1958
Recorded: 1956-10-26
Line-up: Miles Davis (tp); Red Garland (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr); John Coltrane (ts)
Composer: Sonny Rollins
Solo length: 01:28-03:22

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