The Promise
- Music
- John Coltrane
"The Promise" is a modal jazz composition by John Coltrane, recorded by his quartet in 1963. This page has the The Promise chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.
Who wrote "The Promise"
John Coltrane wrote it as an instrumental, and it has no lyrics. He played it on soprano saxophone with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones, and it was released on Live at Birdland.
Recordings that made it a standard
- John Coltrane — Live at Birdland (Impulse!, 1964).
The Promise chords:
Intro A
Gm
A
Gm7
Gm7
F7
D7
F7
D7
B
Gm7
Outro A
Gm
Key: G minor · Tempo: 66 bpm
Play the chord progression and change the key, style and tempo:
Play "The Promise" in the online player