ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Ben Webster: My Ideal

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
74 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8

Ben Webster's solo on “My Ideal” has 308 notes in 103 seconds (3 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from C#3 to C5. The average tempo is 74 BPM with a swing feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

308Notes
103sSolo length
3Notes per second
C#3–C5Range (23 semitones)
55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×57
  • +2 ×42
  • -2 ×40
  • -1 ×30
  • +3 ×28
  • -3 ×25

Changes played over

A1
B♭maj7G7
Cm7
A♭7G7
C7
Cm7F7
Am7♭5D7
Gm7C7
G♭7F7
B1
B♭maj7G7
Cm7
A♭7G7
C7
Cm7D♭m7
B♭maj7Ebj7G-7C7
G♭7F7
B♭6

Record

Record
Ben Webster "The Frog" with: Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, guest: Harry Edison,1956-1962 · Giants of Jazz · 1993
Recorded
1956-09-11
Line-up
Ben Webster (ts); Art Tatum (p); Red Callender (b); Bill Douglas (dr)
Composer
Chase-Withing-Robin
Solo length
01:01-03:35

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