ENDEIT

Baritone saxophone solo · 1957

Gerry Mulligan: Scrapple from the Apple

Key
G minor
Tempo
252 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
4
Form
A8A8B8A8

Gerry Mulligan's solo on “Scrapple from the Apple” has 671 notes in 122 seconds (5.5 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from F2 to A4. The average tempo is 252 BPM with a swing feel. About 60% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

671Notes
122sSolo length
5.5Notes per second
F2–A4Range (28 semitones)
60%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×125
  • +2 ×97
  • +1 ×94
  • -1 ×83
  • +3 ×64
  • -3 ×48

Changes played over

A1
Gm7
C7
Gm7
C79♭
Fmaj7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7Gm7
Am7D7
A2
Gm7
C7
Gm7
C79♭
Fmaj7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7Gm7
F
B1
A7
A7
D7
D7
G7
G7
C7
C7
A3
Gm7
C7
Gm7
C79♭
Fmaj7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7Gm7C79♭
F

Record

Record
Gerry Mulligan meets the Saxophonists · Verve Records · 1960
Recorded
1957-10-12
Line-up
Gerry Mulligan (bs); Stan Getz (ts); Lou Levy (p); Ray Brown (b); Stan Levey (dr)
Composer
Parker
Solo length
01:04-03:07

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