26-2

"26-2" is a musical composition written by American jazz musician John Coltrane.^[1] The song was recorded by Coltrane in 1960, but it released ten years later by Atlantic Records on an album entitled The Coltrane Legacy with a rhythm section composed of McCoy Tyner on piano, Steve Davis on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.^[2][3] The composition itself is a contrafact of Charlie Parker's tune "Confirmation", with harmonic alterations to the original chord changes used by Coltrane in a number of his compositions.^[4] This harmonic modification is commonly known as Coltrane Changes, which have been most notably used in Coltrane's "Giant Steps".^[5][6] "26-2" is one of several contrafacts by Coltrane, others including "Countdown", a contrafact of Miles Davis's "Tune Up"; and "Satellite" from the album Coltrane's Sound, which is based upon the chord progression of "How High the Moon".^[4] Coltrane plays the first statement of the melody on tenor saxophone and switches to soprano saxophone for the last statement of the melody on the recorded version.^[7]

"26-2"
Song by John Coltrane
Genre	Jazz

Other Recorded Versions

"26-2" was also covered and recorded by the following:

• Joe Lovano — Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1995)^[8]
• Vic Juris — Pastels (1996)^[9]
• Mark Turner — Mark Turner (Warner Bros., 1998)^[10]
• Ravi Coltrane — Mad 6 (Eighty-Eights, 2002)^[11]
• Jakob Dinesen & Kurt Rosenwinkel — Everything Will Be All Right (Verve, 2002)^[12]
• Kenny Werner Trio — With a Song on My Heart, (2008)^[13]
• Brownman Electryc Trio — Juggernaut (Browntasauras, 2009)^[14]