Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Ben Webster: Night and Day

Key: D major
Tempo: 182 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Swing
Choruses: 2
Form: A8B8A8B8C8B8

Ben Webster's solo on “Night and Day” has 375 notes in 126 seconds (3 notes per second), spanning 23 semitones from C#3 to C5. The average tempo is 182 BPM with a swing feel. About 47% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

375Notes

126sSolo length

3Notes per second

C#3–C5Range (23 semitones)

47%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×58
+2 ×47
-1 ×39
0 ×35
-3 ×35
+3 ×34

Changes played over

E^m7♭5

A⁷

D^maj7

E^m7♭5

A⁷

D^maj7

G♯^m7♭5

G^m7

F♯^m7

F^dim

E^m7

A⁷

D^maj7

E^m7♭5

A⁷

D^maj7

E^m7♭5

A⁷

D^maj7

G♯^m7♭5

G^m7

F♯^m7

F^dim

E^m7

A⁷

D^maj7

C⁷

F^maj7

D^maj7

F^maj7

D^maj7

G♯^m7♭5

G^m7

F♯^m7

F^dim

E^m7

A⁷

D⁶

E⁷A⁷

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: C. Porter
Solo length: 01:10-03:17

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