ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1960

Hank Mobley: Soul Station

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
102 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
5
Form
A8

Hank Mobley's solo on “Soul Station” has 703 notes in 193 seconds (3.6 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from Ab2 to Eb5. The average tempo is 102 BPM with a swing feel. About 50% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

703Notes
193sSolo length
3.6Notes per second
Ab2–Eb5Range (31 semitones)
50%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×109
  • -1 ×93
  • +2 ×80
  • +1 ×68
  • 0 ×59
  • -3 ×59

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B1
E♭7
B♭m7E♭7
A♭7
Adim
E♭7C7
Fm7B♭7
E♭7
E♭7

Record

Record
Soul Station · Blue Note · 1960
Recorded
1960-02-07
Line-up
Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Art Blakey (dr); Hank Mobley (ts)
Composer
Hank Mobley
Solo length
01:24-04:37

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