ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1962

Ben Webster: Did You Call Her Today

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
118 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
4
Form
A8B8A8C8

Ben Webster's solo on “Did You Call Her Today” has 424 notes in 130 seconds (3.3 notes per second), spanning 21 semitones from Eb3 to C5. The average tempo is 118 BPM with a swing feel. About 50% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

424Notes
130sSolo length
3.3Notes per second
Eb3–C5Range (21 semitones)
50%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×82
  • +2 ×58
  • +3 ×44
  • -2 ×41
  • -1 ×32
  • -3 ×30

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
A♭6
A♭6
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭6
D♭6
D♭7
Ddim
A♭6
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭m7
E♭7

Record

Record
Ben Webster "The Frog" with: Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, guest: Harry Edison,1956-1962 · Giants of Jazz · 1993
Recorded
1962-06-06
Line-up
Harry Edison (tp); Ben Webster (ts); Hank Jones (p); George Duvivier (b); Clarence Johnston (dr)
Composer
Ben Webster
Solo length
03:32-05:42

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