Tenor saxophone solo · 1996

David Liebman: Secret Love

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
273 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Latin
Style
Postbop
Choruses
3
Form
A16A16B8A8

David Liebman's solo on “Secret Love” has 642 notes in 129 seconds (5 notes per second), spanning 38 semitones from F#2 to Ab5. The average tempo is 273 BPM with a latin feel. About 48% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

642Notes
129sSolo length
5Notes per second
F#2–Ab5Range (38 semitones)
48%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×101
  • -2 ×85
  • -1 ×66
  • +1 ×50
  • +3 ×50
  • -3 ×43

Changes played over

A1
E♭maj7
Fm7/B♭
E♭maj7
Fm7/B♭
E♭7A♭7
Gm7C7
Fm7
B♭7
Fm7
B♭7
Fm7
B♭7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7
A2
E♭maj7
Fm7/B♭
E♭maj7
Fm7/B♭
E♭7A♭7
Gm7C7
Fm7
B♭7
Fm7
B♭7
Fm7
B♭7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭maj7
Dm7♭5G7
B1
Cm7
F7
B♭maj7
B♭maj7
B♭m7
E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭m7D♭7
C1
E♭maj7
Fm7/B♭
Fm7♭5
C79♯
Fm7
B♭7
E♭maj7
E♭maj7

Record

Record
Return Of The Tenor · Double-Time Records · 1996
Recorded
1996-01-05
Line-up
David Liebman (ts); Tony Marino (b); jamey Haddad (dr); Phil Markowitz (p)
Composer
Parish, Sherwood
Solo length
01:18-03:26

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