"26-2" is a

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written by American jazz musician John Coltrane. The song was recorded by Coltrane in 1960, but it released ten years later by

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on an album entitled ''

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'' with a rhythm section composed of McCoy Tyner on piano, Steve Davis on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. The composition itself is a contrafact of Charlie Parker's tune "

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", with harmonic alterations to the original

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used by Coltrane in a number of his compositions. This harmonic modification is commonly known as Coltrane Changes, which have been most notably used in Coltrane's "

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". "26-2" is one of several contrafacts by Coltrane, others including "

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", a contrafact of Miles Davis's "

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'', which is based upon the chord progression of " How High the Moon". Coltrane plays the first statement of the melody on tenor saxophone and switches to

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for the last statement of the melody on the recorded version.

Other Recorded Versions

"26-2" was also covered and recorded by the following: * Joe Lovano — '' Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard'' (Blue Note, 1995) *

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— ''Pastels'' (1996) * Mark Turner — ''Mark Turner'' (Warner Bros., 1998) *

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— '' Mad 6'' (Eighty-Eights, 2002) * Jakob Dinesen & Kurt Rosenwinkel — ''Everything Will Be All Right'' (Verve, 2002) *

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Trio — ''With a Song on My Heart'', (2008) *Brownman Electryc Trio — ''Juggernaut'' (Browntasauras, 2009)

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