ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1988

Branford Marsalis: Gutbucket Steepy

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
70 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
5
Form
A12

Branford Marsalis's solo on “Gutbucket Steepy” has 495 notes in 210 seconds (2.4 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from C#3 to E5. The average tempo is 70 BPM with a swing feel. About 47% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

495Notes
210sSolo length
2.4Notes per second
C#3–E5Range (27 semitones)
47%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×80
  • -3 ×69
  • +3 ×64
  • -2 ×58
  • +2 ×49
  • -1 ×43

Changes played over

A1
D♭7
G♭7
D♭7
D♭7
G♭7
G♭7
D♭7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭7
E♭m7A♭7

Record

Record
Trio Jeepy · CBS/Columbia · 1989
Recorded
03.-04.01.1988
Line-up
Brandford Marsalis (ts); Milt Hinton (B); Jeffrey Watts (dr)
Composer
Hinton, B.Marsalis, Watts

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