ENDEIT

Alto saxophone solo · 1951

Charlie Parker: My Little Suede Shoes

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
146 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Latin
Style
Bebop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Charlie Parker's solo on “My Little Suede Shoes” has 256 notes in 53 seconds (4.8 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from G3 to G5. The average tempo is 146 BPM with a latin feel. About 60% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

256Notes
53sSolo length
4.8Notes per second
G3–G5Range (24 semitones)
60%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×58
  • -1 ×43
  • +3 ×31
  • +1 ×28
  • +2 ×23
  • -3 ×13

Changes played over

A1
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
A2
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
B1
A♭maj7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
A♭maj7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
A3
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7

Record

Record
Boss Bird Disc 4 · Proper Records · 2002
Recorded
1951-03-12
Line-up
Charlie Parker (as); Walter Bishop (p); Teddy Kotick (b); Roy Haynes (dr); Luis Miranda (cga); Jose Manguel (bgo)
Composer
Parker

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