Alto saxophone solo · 1945

Charlie Parker: Ko-Ko

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 299 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Bebop
Choruses: 1
Form: A16A16B16A16

Charlie Parker's solo on “Ko-Ko” has 538 notes in 77 seconds (7 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from Eb3 to G5. The average tempo is 299 BPM with a swing feel. About 54% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

538Notes

77sSolo length

7Notes per second

Eb3–G5Range (28 semitones)

54%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-1 ×111
-2 ×81
+3 ×59
+2 ×54
-3 ×53
+1 ×46

Changes played over

D♭^m7

G♭⁷

B^maj7

B^m7

E⁷

A^maj7

A^m7

D⁷

G^maj7

G^m7

C⁷

C^m7

F⁷

B♭⁶

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^maj7

A♭⁷

B♭⁶

C⁷

C^m7

F⁷

B♭⁶

Record

Record: Boss Bird Disc 1 · Proper Records
Recorded: 1945-11-26
Line-up: Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Curley Russell (b); Max Roach (dr)
Composer: Parker
Solo length: 00:36-01:45

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