Tenor saxophone solo · 1959
John Coltrane: So What
- Key
- D major
- Tempo
- 142 BPM MEDIUM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Postbop
- Choruses
- 2
- Form
- A8A8B8A8
John Coltrane's solo on “So What” has 479 notes in 107 seconds (4.5 notes per second), spanning 29 semitones from D3 to G5. The average tempo is 142 BPM with a swing feel. About 60% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
479Notes
107sSolo length
4.5Notes per second
D3–G5Range (29 semitones)
60%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- +2 ×103
- -2 ×71
- +1 ×58
- -1 ×54
- +3 ×43
- 0 ×28
Changes played over
A1
A2
B1
A3
Record
- Record
- Kind Of Blue · CBS · 1962
- Recorded
- 1959-03-02
- Line-up
- Miles Davis (tp); Cannonball Adderley (as); John Coltrane (ts); Bill Evans (p); Paul Chambers (b); James Cobb (dr)
- Composer
- Davis/Evans
- Solo length
- 03:22-05:10
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.