ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

John Coltrane: Trane's Blues

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
165 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
7
Form
A12

John Coltrane's solo on “Trane's Blues” has 412 notes in 119 seconds (3.5 notes per second), spanning 22 semitones from F3 to Eb5. The average tempo is 165 BPM with a swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

412Notes
119sSolo length
3.5Notes per second
F3–Eb5Range (22 semitones)
57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×83
  • -1 ×68
  • +1 ×46
  • +2 ×39
  • 0 ×30
  • +3 ×26

Changes played over

A1
B♭7NC
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
Dm7G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
Cm7F7

Record

Record
Trane's Blues · Giants of Jazz · 1990
Recorded
1956-05-11
Line-up
Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Red Garland (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr)
Composer
John Coltrane

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