ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1991

David Murray: Ask Me Now

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
131 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

David Murray's solo on “Ask Me Now” has 281 notes in 57 seconds (4.9 notes per second), spanning 39 semitones from Ab2 to B5. The average tempo is 131 BPM with a swing feel. About 54% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

281Notes
57sSolo length
4.9Notes per second
Ab2–B5Range (39 semitones)
54%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×59
  • +2 ×42
  • -1 ×30
  • -3 ×21
  • +1 ×18
  • -5 ×18

Changes played over

A1
E♭m7
A♭
D♭maj7
Fm7Em7
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭maj7
D♭maj7
B♭m7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭m7
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭m7
G♭7
B1
Gm7C7
G♭m7B7
Fm7B♭7
Em7A7
E♭m7
A♭7
B7alt
B♭7
E♭7
D7
D♭maj7
E♭7
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭
D♭

Record

Record
Blue Monk · Enja Records · 1993
Recorded
1991-04-23
Line-up
Aki Takase (p); David Murray (ts)
Composer
Thelonious Monk
Solo length
02:43-03:42

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