ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1979

Art Pepper: Blues for Blanche

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
199 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
11
Form
A12

Art Pepper's solo on “Blues for Blanche” has 666 notes in 159 seconds (4.2 notes per second), spanning 38 semitones from C#3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 199 BPM with a swing feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

666Notes
159sSolo length
4.2Notes per second
C#3–Eb6Range (38 semitones)
55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×115
  • +2 ×96
  • -1 ×87
  • +3 ×77
  • +1 ×68
  • -3 ×58

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭7
B♭7

Record

Record
Art Pepper, The Compelete Galaxy Recordings, CD 3 · Galaxy Records · 1989
Recorded
25 - 26. 05.1979
Line-up
Art Pepper (as, cl); George Cables (p); Charlie Haden (b); Billy Higgins (dr)
Composer
Art Pepper
Solo length
00:43-03:23

Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.