Alto saxophone solo · 1960

Eric Dolphy: 245

Key: F major
Tempo: 71 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 3
Form: A12

Eric Dolphy's solo on “245” has 730 notes in 119 seconds (6.1 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from E3 to C6. The average tempo is 71 BPM with a swing feel. About 56% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

730Notes

119sSolo length

6.1Notes per second

E3–C6Range (32 semitones)

56%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×124
-2 ×101
+2 ×92
-1 ×87
-4 ×63
-3 ×57

Changes played over

F⁷

B♭⁷

F⁷

G♭^m7B⁷

B♭⁷

B^dim

E^79♯A^7913♭

A^m7A♭^m7

G^m7

D♭^m7G♭⁷

B⁺⁷

Record

Record: Outward Bound · Prestige · 1960
Recorded: 1960-04-01
Line-up: Freddie Hubbard (tp); Jaki Byard (p); George Tucker (b); Roy Hanes (dr); Eric Dolphy (as)
Composer: Eric Dolphy
Solo length: 04:00-06:01

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