John Coltrane (tenor sax), Duke Ellington (piano), Aaron Bell (bass) and Sam Woodyard (drums). From the album Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963).
Jazz was born in the late nineteenth century in the United States and has spread throughout the world throughout the twentieth century and so far in the twenty-first. Jazz is a complex music. Although it is a musical language, in reality it is a set of musical genres that share common elements, but do not represent the whole. Jazz can serve as background music or demand careful listening, and has also highlighted the racial problem. Jazz has three elements that distinguish it from classical music: first, a special rhythm known as “swing”; second, the introduction of improvisation; and third, the difference in the personality of each musician.
Ellington introduces the theme and is immediately followed by Coltrane with a casual melody full of swing. The melody increases its intensity and Coltrane continues his dialogue naturally. Sometimes he wants to reach the unattainable. He follows spontaneously the course of his solo and finishes it by gradually lowering his volume. Ellington ends the theme with a pleasant phrase.
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