ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1993

Bob Berg: Angles

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
270 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
3
Form
A16A16B16

Bob Berg's solo on “Angles” has 799 notes in 127 seconds (6.3 notes per second), spanning 37 semitones from Ab2 to A5. The average tempo is 270 BPM with a swing feel. About 41% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

799Notes
127sSolo length
6.3Notes per second
Ab2–A5Range (37 semitones)
41%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×116
  • 0 ×95
  • -1 ×86
  • -3 ×78
  • -2 ×70
  • +3 ×68

Changes played over

A1
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
Cm7
Cm7
Cm7
Cm7
D♭7
D♭7
D♭7
D♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A2
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
Cm7
Cm7
Cm7
Cm7
D♭7
D♭7
D♭7
D♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B1
Fm7
Fm7
Fm7
Fm7
D♭7911♯
D♭7911♯
D♭7911♯
D♭7911♯
G79♯
G79♯
G79♯
G79♯
D7alt
D7alt
D7alt
D7alt

Record

Record
Enter The Spirit · Stretch Records · 1993
Recorded
1993
Line-up
Bob Berg (ts); David Kikoski (p); James Genus (b); Dennis Chambers (dr)
Composer
Bob Berg
Solo length
02:31-04:38

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