ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1960

Cannonball Adderley: Work Song

Key
F minor
Tempo
156 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
4
Form
A16

Cannonball Adderley's solo on “Work Song” has 391 notes in 99 seconds (4 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from F3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 156 BPM with a swing feel. About 51% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

391Notes
99sSolo length
4Notes per second
F3–Ab5Range (27 semitones)
51%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×51
  • -2 ×51
  • +2 ×49
  • +3 ×47
  • -1 ×46
  • -3 ×31

Changes played over

A1
Fm7
Fm7
Fm7
Fm7
Fm7
Fm7
G7
C7
Fm7
Fm7
Fm7
Fm7
F7
B♭7
G7C7
Fm7

Record

Record
Work Song 1960-1969 · Giants of Jazz · 1993
Recorded
1960-02-01
Line-up
Nat Adderley (tp); Cannonball Adderley (as); Bobby Timmons (p); Sam Jones (b); Louis Hayes (dr)
Composer
Nat Adderley
Solo length
00:49-02:27

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