Tenor saxophone solo · 1962

Dexter Gordon: Cheese Cake

Key: C minor
Tempo: 221 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Hardbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A16A16B8C16

Dexter Gordon's solo on “Cheese Cake” has 588 notes in 124 seconds (4.7 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from C3 to G5. The average tempo is 221 BPM with a swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

588Notes

124sSolo length

4.7Notes per second

C3–G5Range (31 semitones)

57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×106
-1 ×89
+1 ×87
+2 ×52
+3 ×43
-3 ×39

Changes played over

C^m69

D^m7♭5G⁺⁷

C^m69

C⁷

F^m69

C⁺⁷

F^m69

D^m7♭5

G⁺⁷

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^m7A♭⁷

D^m7♭5G⁺⁷

C^m69

D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m69

D^m7♭5G⁺⁷

C^m69

C⁷

F^m69

C⁺⁷

F^m69

D^m7♭5

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^m7A♭⁷

D^m7♭5G⁺⁷

C^m69

G^m7

C⁷

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^m7

A♭⁷

D^m7♭5

G⁺⁷

C^m69

D^m7♭5G⁺⁷

C^m7

C⁷

F^m69

C⁺⁷

F^m69

D^m7♭5

G⁺⁷

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^m7A♭⁷

D^m7♭5G⁺⁷

C^m69

Record

Record: Go! · Blue Note · 1999
Recorded: 1962-08-27
Line-up: Sonny Clark (p); Butch Warren (b); Billy Higgins (dr); Dexter Gordon (ts)
Composer: Dexter Gordon
Solo length: 01:11-03:15

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