ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1952

Benny Carter: I Got It Bad

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
68 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Benny Carter's solo on “I Got It Bad” has 558 notes in 173 seconds (3.2 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from C#3 to F5. The average tempo is 68 BPM with a swing feel. About 51% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

558Notes
173sSolo length
3.2Notes per second
C#3–F5Range (28 semitones)
51%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×98
  • -2 ×69
  • +2 ×66
  • +3 ×56
  • -1 ×53
  • -3 ×48

Changes played over

A1
D♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭m7
F7B♭7E♭7A♭7
D♭6B♭m7
E♭m7A♭7
A2
D♭maj7
B♭m7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭m7
F7B♭7E♭7A♭7
D♭6
G7911♯
B1
G♭maj7
G♭maj7
G♭m6
B7
D♭maj7B7
Fm7B♭7
E♭m7
A♭7
A3
D♭maj7
B♭m7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭m7
F7B♭7E♭7A♭7
D♭6
E♭m7A♭7
B2
G♭maj7
G♭maj7
G♭m6
B7
D♭maj7B7
Fm7B♭7
E♭m7
A♭7
A4
D♭maj7
B♭m7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭m7
F7B♭7E♭7A♭7
E♭m7A♭7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7

Record

Record
Battle of Saxes Volume 2 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2004
Recorded
1952-09-18
Line-up
Benny Carter (ts); Oscar Peterson (p); Barney Kessel (g); Ray Brown (b); Buddy Rich (dr)
Composer
Ellington/Webster
Solo length
00:00-02:52

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