John Coltrane
Tenor Sax Solo on
If I Were A Bell

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All soloists on this recording ended their solo by repeating the last 4 bars of the form as many times as they wanted. Coltrane did it 5 times for 20 total extra bars.
John Coltrane was 29 to 30 years old at the time.

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John Coltrane

Tenor Sax

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Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

Miles Davis

Released 1958

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If I Were A Bell

Miles Davis

Recorded 1956

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If I Were A Bell

by Frank Loesser

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F major

Concert Key

G major

Tenor Sax Key

ABAC - 32 bars

Form

4/4

Meter

1m 49s

Duration

2

Choruses

190 bpm

Tempo

Swing

Feel


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