Countdown (John Coltrane song)

"Countdown" is a hardbop jazz standard composed by American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane that was first featured on his fifth studio album, Giant Steps, in 1960. The song is a contrafact of Miles Davis's "Tune Up", which is reharmonized to the Coltrane changes. The original recording has been described as having "resolute intensity . . . [that] does more to modernize jazz in 141 seconds than many artists do in their entire careers".

"Countdown"
Composition by John Coltrane
from the album Giant Steps
Released1960 (1960)
RecordedMay 4, 1959
StudioAtlantic Studios, New York
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length2:25
LabelAtlantic Records
Composer(s)John Coltrane
Producer(s)Nesuhi Ertegün
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