ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1959

Cannonball Adderley: So What

Key
D minor
Tempo
142 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

Cannonball Adderley's solo on “So What” has 445 notes in 105 seconds (4.2 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from E3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 142 BPM with a swing feel. About 54% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

445Notes
105sSolo length
4.2Notes per second
E3–Ab5Range (28 semitones)
54%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×85
  • +1 ×57
  • -2 ×54
  • -3 ×47
  • -1 ×44
  • +3 ×31

Changes played over

A1
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
A2
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
B1
E♭m7
E♭m7
E♭m7
E♭m7
E♭m7
E♭m7
E♭m7
E♭m7
A3
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7
Dm7

Record

Record
Kind Of Blue · CBS · 1962
Recorded
1959-03-02
Line-up
Miles Davis (tp); Cannonball Adderley (as); John Coltrane (ts); Bill Evans (p); Paul Chambers (b); James Cobb (dr)
Composer
Davis/Evans
Solo length
05:11-06:58

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