ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1959

Ben Webster: Bye Bye Blackbird

Key
G major
Tempo
141 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
3
Form
A16B16

Ben Webster's solo on “Bye Bye Blackbird” has 451 notes in 161 seconds (2.8 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from C#3 to C5. The average tempo is 141 BPM with a swing feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

451Notes
161sSolo length
2.8Notes per second
C#3–C5Range (23 semitones)
49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×81
  • -2 ×56
  • +3 ×51
  • +2 ×42
  • -1 ×42
  • -3 ×41

Changes played over

A1
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
A♯dim
Am7
D7
Am7
D7
Am7
D7
Am7
D7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
B1
G7
G7
Bm7♭5
E7
Am7
Am7
Cm7F7
Am7D7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7
Bm7♭5
E7
Am7
D7
Gmaj7
Gmaj7

Record

Record
Ben Webster "The Frog" with: Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, guest: Harry Edison,1956-1962 · Giants of Jazz · 1993
Recorded
1959-11-08
Line-up
Ben Webster (ts); Oscar Peterson (p); Ray Brown (b); Ed Thigpen (dr)
Composer
Dixon-Henderson
Solo length
02:58-05:41

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