Alto saxophone solo · 1959

Cannonball Adderley: High Fly

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 129 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A8A8B8C8

Cannonball Adderley's solo on “High Fly” has 530 notes in 120 seconds (4.4 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from F3 to G5. The average tempo is 129 BPM with a swing feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

530Notes

120sSolo length

4.4Notes per second

F3–G5Range (26 semitones)

49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×79
+1 ×66
-1 ×65
-3 ×55
+2 ×48
+3 ×42

Changes played over

D^m7

G⁷

C^maj7F⁷

E^m7A^m7

C^m7

F⁷

B♭⁷

B⁷

D^m7

G⁷

C^maj7F⁷

E^m7A^m7

C^m7

B⁷

D^m7♭5

G^79♭

C^m7♭5

F⁷

D^m7

G^79♭

C^m7♭5

F⁷

E^m7A^m7

E♭^m7A♭^m7

D^m7

G⁷

C^maj7F⁷

E^m7A^m7

C^m7

F⁷

B♭⁶

B⁷⁹¹³

Record

Record: The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco · Riverside · 1989
Recorded: 18. + 20.10.1959
Line-up: Nat Adderley (tp); Cannonball Adderley (as); Bobby Timmons (p); Sam Jones (b); Louis Hayes (dr)
Composer: Randy Weston
Solo length: 01:57-03:58

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