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This solo by Coltrane is from the classic Impulse recording DUKE ELLINGTON AND JOHN COLTRANE, featuring the bulk of Trane’s best known quartet with Ellington in on piano for McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on the set for half of the record. “Take The Coltrane”, a blues in F, serves as a nice vehicle for Trane’s hard driving lines. all in all, his playing is pretty “in”: his lines are by and large made up of eighth notes, he only occasionally utilizes chord substitutions and is very spare in employing more advanced saxophone techniques like false fingerings or altissimo play (which made this solo relatively easy to transcribe)… Eleven choruses of Grade A, nutrient- rich Trane (with Ellington doing his best Tyner impersonation, laying out while Trane does his thing)…

JOHN COLTRANE- TAKE THE COLTRANE (mp3)

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COLTRANE JAZZ, not as well known as other Coltrane records like GIANT STEPS or MY FAVORITE THINGS, is among my favorites of his Atlantic catalogue. it features along with the standard “My Shining Hour”,  great Trane originals like “Fifth House”, a revision of “What Is This Thing Called Love” as well as the sepentine line of “Like Sonny”. Trane plays driving eighth note phrases on solo below, with a pristine sound throughout the range of his horn- i love it when he pops out those high F#s and Gs. great accompaniment by Jimmy Cobb, Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers on drums, piano and bass respectively…

JOHN COLTRANE- MY SHINING HOUR (mp3)

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