Tenor saxophone solo · 1999

Chris Potter: Anthropology

Key: B♭ major
Tempo: 245 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 4
Form: A8A8B8A8

Chris Potter's solo on “Anthropology” has 687 notes in 126 seconds (5.5 notes per second), spanning 43 semitones from Ab2 to Eb6. The average tempo is 245 BPM with a swing feel. About 52% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

687Notes

126sSolo length

5.5Notes per second

Ab2–Eb6Range (43 semitones)

52%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-1 ×104
+2 ×99
-2 ×80
+1 ×72
-3 ×68
+3 ×59

Changes played over

B♭⁶G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶

D⁷

G⁷

C⁷

F⁷

B♭⁶G⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶G^m7

C^m7F⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁷A♭⁷

C^m7F⁷

B♭⁶

Record

Record: Diggin' In, Diggin' Out · Double-Time Records · 1999
Recorded: 1999
Line-up: Chris Potter (ts); Peter Madsen (p); Peter Herbert (b); Tom Cohen (dr)
Composer: Parker, Gillespie

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