ENDEIT

Bass clarinet solo · 1960

Eric Dolphy: On Green Dolphin Street

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
173 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8B8A8C8

Eric Dolphy's solo on “On Green Dolphin Street” has 567 notes in 93 seconds (6.1 notes per second), spanning 38 semitones from F2 to G5. The average tempo is 173 BPM with a swing feel. About 63% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

567Notes
93sSolo length
6.1Notes per second
F2–G5Range (38 semitones)
63%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×101
  • -1 ×95
  • +2 ×81
  • +1 ×78
  • +3 ×60
  • -3 ×56

Changes played over

A1
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
E♭m7
E♭m7
F7/E♭
F7/E♭E/E♭
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
B1
Fm7
B♭7
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
A♭m7
D7
G♭maj7
G♭maj7
A2
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
E♭m7
E♭m7
F7/E♭
F7/E♭E/E♭
E♭maj7
E♭maj7
C1
Fm7Fm/E♭
Dm7♭5G79♭
Cm7Cm/B♭
Am7♭5D7
Gm7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭maj7
Fm7B♭7

Record

Record
Eric Dolphy · Prestige · 1960
Recorded
1960-04-01
Line-up
Eric Dolphy (bc); Jaki Byard (p); George Tucker (b); Roy Hanes (dr); Freddie Hubbard (tp)
Composer
Kaper/Washington
Solo length
00:55-2:25

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