Countdown (John Coltrane song)
| "Countdown" | |
|---|---|
| Composition by John Coltrane | |
| from the album Giant Steps | |
| Released | 1960 |
| Recorded | May 4, 1959 |
| Studio | Atlantic Studios, New York |
| Genre | Jazz, hard bop |
| Length | 2:25 |
| Label | Atlantic Records |
| Composer(s) | John Coltrane |
| Producer(s) | Nesuhi Ertegün |
"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".