ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

Ben Webster: Where or When

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
82 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A10A10B8A12

Ben Webster's solo on “Where or When” has 268 notes in 117 seconds (2.3 notes per second), spanning 20 semitones from C3 to Ab4. The average tempo is 82 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

268Notes
117sSolo length
2.3Notes per second
C3–Ab4Range (20 semitones)
61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×67
  • -1 ×34
  • -2 ×31
  • +2 ×30
  • +3 ×27
  • 0 ×13

Changes played over

A1
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭dim7
A♭maj7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7
B♭m7E♭sus79
D7F7
B♭7E♭7
A2
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭dim7
A♭maj7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7
B♭m7E♭sus79
Gm7
C7
B1
Fm7
B♭7
Gm7
C7
Fm7
B♭7
B♭7E7911♯
E♭7
A3
A♭maj7
Dm7G7
D♭7911♯C7
Fm7
B♭m7
Cm7F7
B♭m7
F7
B♭m7
E♭7
A♭69
A♭69
I1
N.C.

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
Rodgers, Hart
Solo length
02:22-04:20

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