ENDEIT

Baritone saxophone solo · 1957

Gerry Mulligan: This Can't Be Love

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
269 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Cool
Choruses
6
Form
A8A8B8A8

Gerry Mulligan's solo on “This Can't Be Love” has 960 notes in 168 seconds (5.7 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from F2 to Ab4. The average tempo is 269 BPM with a swing feel. About 59% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

960Notes
168sSolo length
5.7Notes per second
F2–Ab4Range (27 semitones)
59%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×167
  • -2 ×147
  • +2 ×142
  • -1 ×109
  • -3 ×82
  • +3 ×65

Changes played over

A1
A♭6
A♭6
D♭7
D♭7
A♭maj7
Fm7
B♭m7
E♭7
A2
A♭6
A♭6
D♭7
D♭7
Cm7Fm7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
B1
Gm7
C7
Fm7
Fm7
Cm7♭5
F7alt
B♭7
E♭7
A3
A♭maj7
A♭maj7
D♭7
D♭7
Cm7Fm7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭6
B♭m7E♭7

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
Rodgers, Hart
Solo length
03:29-06:17

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