ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1979

Art Pepper: Stardust

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
61 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Ballad
Style
Cool
Choruses
2
Form
A16B16

Art Pepper's solo on “Stardust” has 591 notes in 255 seconds (2.3 notes per second), spanning 34 semitones from D3 to C6. The average tempo is 61 BPM with a ballad feel. About 54% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

591Notes
255sSolo length
2.3Notes per second
D3–C6Range (34 semitones)
54%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×99
  • +2 ×94
  • +1 ×64
  • -1 ×59
  • +3 ×57
  • -3 ×45

Changes played over

A1
A♭6
A♭6
A♭m6
A♭m6D♭7
E♭Fm7
Gm7C7
Fm7Edim7
Fm7
B♭7B♭dim
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Gm7Cm7
F79
Cm7F7
B♭7B♭sus7
B♭dim7B♭7Eb+7
B1
A♭6
A♭6
A♭m6
A♭m6D♭7
E♭
Gm7C7
Fm7Edim
Fm7
A♭m7
D♭7913
E♭maj7Cm7
Gm7C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭6
B♭m7E♭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
Parish, Carmichael
Solo length
00:15-04:32

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