Tenor saxophone solo · 1983

David Murray: Body and Soul

Key: D♭ major
Tempo: 66 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Ballad
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

David Murray's solo on “Body and Soul” has 564 notes in 119 seconds (4.7 notes per second), spanning 44 semitones from Ab2 to E6. The average tempo is 66 BPM with a ballad feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

564Notes

119sSolo length

4.7Notes per second

Ab2–E6Range (44 semitones)

49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×80
+1 ×69
+2 ×68
-1 ×57
-3 ×45
-4 ×41

Changes played over

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^{m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7}

D♭⁶B♭⁷

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^{m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7}

D♭⁶E^m7A7

D^maj7E^m7

G♭^m7G^m7C7

G♭^m7B-7E-7A7

D^maj7

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7E♭^dim

D^m7G⁷

C^7B7B♭7

E♭^m7B♭^79♭

E♭^m7D⁷

D♭^maj7G♭⁷

F^m7E^dim7

E♭^m7

C^m7♭5F⁷

B♭^{m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7}

D♭^{6G♭7Fm7♭5B♭7}

E♭^m7B♭⁷

Record

Record: Morning Song · Black Saint Records · 1984
Recorded: 25, 26 & 30.09 1983
Line-up: David Murray (ts); John Hicks (p); Reggie Workman (b); Ed Blackwell (dr)
Composer: Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length: 02:01-03:58

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