ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1947

Dexter Gordon: Dextivity

Key
C major
Tempo
93 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Bebop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

Dexter Gordon's solo on “Dextivity” has 348 notes in 83 seconds (4.2 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from B2 to C#5. The average tempo is 93 BPM with a swing feel. About 53% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

348Notes
83sSolo length
4.2Notes per second
B2–C#5Range (26 semitones)
53%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×58
  • +2 ×54
  • +1 ×42
  • -3 ×36
  • +3 ×34
  • -1 ×31

Changes played over

A1
C6
D7911♯
Dm7G79♭
C6E♭7D7D♭7
A2
C6
D7911♯
Dm7G79♭
C6
B1
Gm7C79♭
Fmaj7B7
Em7Am7
Dm7G7D♭7
A3
C6
D7911♯
Dm7G79♭
C6

Record

Record
Gone With The Wind CD1 · History/Trumpets of Jericho Ltd. · 1998
Recorded
1947-12-22
Line-up
Fats Navarro (tp); Dexter Gordon (ts); Tadd Dameron (p); Nelson Boyd (b); Art Mardigan (dr)
Composer
Dexter Gordon
Solo length
00:50-02:13

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