ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1961

Cannonball Adderley: Star Eyes

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
194 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8C12

Cannonball Adderley's solo on “Star Eyes” has 450 notes in 89 seconds (5.1 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from F3 to G5. The average tempo is 194 BPM with a swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

450Notes
89sSolo length
5.1Notes per second
F3–G5Range (26 semitones)
57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×77
  • -2 ×73
  • +1 ×63
  • +2 ×41
  • +3 ×41
  • -4 ×32

Changes played over

A1
E♭maj7
FmB♭7
E♭maj7
E♭mA♭7
D♭maj7
GdimC7
Fmaj7
FdimB♭7
A2
E♭maj7
FmB♭7
E♭maj7
E♭mA♭7
D♭maj7
GdimC7
Fmaj7
B♭79E♭7
B1
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
A♭m
D♭7
G♭maj7
G♭maj7
Fm
B♭7
C1
E♭maj7
FmB♭7
E♭maj7
E♭mA♭7
D♭maj7
GdimC7
Fmaj7
B♭79
E♭7D7
C7Fm
B♭7E♭maj7
B♭7

Record

Record
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus · Riverside · 1987
Recorded
1961-05-11
Line-up
Nat Adderley (tp); Cannonball Adderley (as); Victor Feldman (vib); Wynton Kelly (p); Sam Jones (b); Louis Hayes (dr)
Composer
Raye/DePaul
Solo length
02:44-04:13

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