ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1991

Joe Henderson: Johnny Come Lately

Key
G minor
Tempo
248 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
3
Form
A8A8B8A8

Joe Henderson's solo on “Johnny Come Lately” has 607 notes in 92 seconds (6.6 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from Ab2 to F5. The average tempo is 248 BPM with a swing feel. About 59% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

607Notes
92sSolo length
6.6Notes per second
Ab2–F5Range (33 semitones)
59%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×121
  • +2 ×79
  • -1 ×79
  • +1 ×76
  • -3 ×69
  • +3 ×32

Changes played over

A1
Gm6
E♭7D79♭
Gm6
E♭7D79♭
Gm6
E♭7D79♭
Gm6
E♭7D79♭
A2
Gm6
E♭7D79♭
Gm6
E♭7D79♭
Gm6
E♭7D79♭
Gm6
Fm7B♭7
B1
E♭maj7Fm7
GmFm
E♭maj7Fm
GmFm
E♭maj7Fm
GmC7
FmB♭7
A79♭D79♭
A3
Gm
E♭7D79♭
Gm
E♭7D79♭
Gm
E♭7D79♭
Gm6
E♭7D79♭

Record

Record
Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn · Verve · 1992
Recorded
03.-08.09.1991
Line-up
Joe Henderson (ts); Gregory Hutchinson (dr); Wynton Marsalis (tp); Christian McBride (b); Stephen Scott (p)
Composer
Duke Ellington
Solo length
01:35-03:09

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