ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1965

George Coleman: Maiden Voyage

Key
Tempo
125 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

George Coleman's solo on “Maiden Voyage” has 224 notes in 62 seconds (3.6 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from C3 to Eb5. The average tempo is 125 BPM with a swing feel. About 53% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

224Notes
62sSolo length
3.6Notes per second
C3–Eb5Range (27 semitones)
53%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×45
  • -1 ×30
  • +2 ×24
  • +1 ×20
  • +5 ×18
  • +3 ×16

Changes played over

A1
Dsus7
Dsus7
Dsus7
Dsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
A2
Dsus7
Dsus7
Dsus7
Dsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
B1
E♭sus7
E♭sus7
E♭sus7
E♭sus7
D♭sus7
D♭sus7
D♭sus7
D♭sus7
A3
Dsus7
Dsus7
Dsus7
Dsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7
Fsus7

Record

Record
Maiden Voyage · Blue Note · 1965
Recorded
1965-03-17
Line-up
Herbie Hancock (p); Freddie Hubbard (tp); George Coleman (ts); Ron Carter (b); Tony Wiliams (dr)
Composer
Herbie Hancock
Solo length
02:25-04:25

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