ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1959

Cannonball Adderley: This Here

Key
F major
Tempo
175 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
5
Form
A16B12C10

Cannonball Adderley's solo on “This Here” has 826 notes in 166 seconds (5 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from D3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 175 BPM with a swing feel. About 53% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

826Notes
166sSolo length
5Notes per second
D3–Ab5Range (30 semitones)
53%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×125
  • -1 ×117
  • +1 ×104
  • +2 ×90
  • -3 ×80
  • +3 ×69

Changes played over

A1
F7
F7
F7
F7
F7
F7
F7NC
N.C.
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
F7
F7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7A7
A7
A♭7
A♭7
G7
G7
A♭7
A♭7
G7
C7
F7
F7
F7
F7

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
Bobby Timmons
Solo length
02:38-05:25

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