ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1961

Dexter Gordon: Society Red

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
114 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
9
Form
A12

Dexter Gordon's solo on “Society Red” has 1,037 notes in 244 seconds (4.2 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from Bb2 to F5. The average tempo is 114 BPM with a swing feel. About 55% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

1,037Notes
244sSolo length
4.2Notes per second
Bb2–F5Range (31 semitones)
55%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×167
  • -1 ×161
  • +1 ×134
  • -3 ×108
  • +2 ×106
  • +3 ×102

Changes played over

A1
F7
B♭7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
F7
D7
Gm7
C7
F7
F7

Record

Record
The Best Of Dexter Gordon · Blue Note · 1988
Recorded
1961-05-06
Line-up
George Tucker (b); Al Harewood (dr); Horace Parlan (p); Freddie Hubbard (tp); Dexter Gordon (ts)
Composer
Dexter Gordon
Solo length
03:57-08:03

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