ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1979

Art Pepper: Stardust

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
60 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Ballad
Style
Cool
Choruses
1
Form
A16B16

Art Pepper's solo on “Stardust” has 909 notes in 290 seconds (3.1 notes per second), spanning 38 semitones from C#3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 60 BPM with a ballad feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

909Notes
290sSolo length
3.1Notes per second
C#3–Eb6Range (38 semitones)
57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×192
  • +2 ×180
  • +3 ×100
  • -1 ×79
  • -3 ×75
  • +1 ×66

Changes played over

B1
A♭6
A♭6
A♭m6
D♭7
E♭maj7
Gm7C7
Fm7
Fm7
A♭m7
D♭7
E♭Cm7
Gm7C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭7
A♭7
C1
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭7
A♭7
E♭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
05:31-10:21

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