Tenor saxophone solo · 1964

Joe Henderson: Serenity

Key: E♭ major
Tempo: 157 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 5
Form: A14

Joe Henderson's solo on “Serenity” has 542 notes in 106 seconds (5.1 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from Ab2 to F5. The average tempo is 157 BPM with a swing feel. About 63% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

542Notes

106sSolo length

5.1Notes per second

Ab2–F5Range (33 semitones)

63%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×125
-1 ×90
+1 ×80
-3 ×47
+2 ×38
+3 ×30

Changes played over

D^m7♭5NC

G⁺⁷

A♭^maj7G♭^maj7

E^m7A⁷

F^m7B♭⁷

E♭^maj7D^m7♭5G7

C^m7C^m7_/B♭

A♭^m7D♭⁷

G⁺⁷G♭⁷

F⁷

E^maj7

F^m7B♭⁺⁷

E♭^maj7

D^m7♭5G⁺⁷

Record

Record: In'n'Out · Blue Note · 1964
Recorded: 1964-04-10
Line-up: Kenny Dorham (tp); McCoy Tyner (p); Richard Davis (b); Elvin Jones (dr); Joe Henderson (ts)
Composer: Joe Henderson
Solo length: 01:29-03:16

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