Chords & Changes

Countdown

Countdown — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Countdown was composed by John Coltrane. It is in Bb major, 16 bars long, and in A (16) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Bb major
Em7F7
Bbmaj7Db7
Gbmaj7A7
Dmaj7
Dm7Eb7
Abmaj7B7
Emaj7G7
Cmaj7
Cm7Db7
Gbmaj7A7
Dmaj7F7
Bbmaj7
E7
F7
Bbmaj7
Eb7

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Mani Planzer Big Band — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1971
  • Woody Herman — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1979
  • The Bruce Forman Quartet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1989
  • Ernán López-Nussa — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1998
  • Julio Barreto Cuban Quartet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2000
  • Charles Eubanks — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2002

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • John Coltrane (tenor sax) — The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings CD 2
    Hard bop · 338 bpm · swing feel
    1995

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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