Baritone saxophone solo · 1952

Gerry Mulligan: Walking Shoes

Key: G major
Tempo: 137 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Cool
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

Gerry Mulligan's solo on “Walking Shoes” has 202 notes in 63 seconds (3.2 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from D2 to Ab4. The average tempo is 137 BPM with a swing feel. About 58% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

202Notes

63sSolo length

3.2Notes per second

D2–Ab4Range (30 semitones)

58%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+2 ×33
+1 ×30
-1 ×29
-2 ×24
+3 ×17
-3 ×15

Changes played over

C⁷

F⁷E^m7

A^m7

C♯^m7F♯⁷

GG^dim

A^m7D⁷

C⁷

F⁷E^m7

A^m7

C♯^m7F♯⁷

GG^dim

A^m7D⁷

F♯^m7

B⁷

E^m

F♯^m7B⁷

E^m

A⁷

A^m7

D⁷

C⁷

F⁷E⁷

D♯⁷D⁷

A^m7D⁷

Record

Record: Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker · Giants of Jazz · 1986
Recorded: 15.-16.10.1952
Line-up: Gerry Mulligan (bs); Bobby Witlock (b); Carson Smith (b); Chico Hamilton (dr); Chet Baker (tp)
Composer: Gerry Mulligan
Solo length: 00:56-01:55

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