ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1963

Joe Henderson: The Sidewinder

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
154 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Latin
Style
Postbop
Choruses
3
Form
A24

Joe Henderson's solo on “The Sidewinder” has 536 notes in 111 seconds (4.8 notes per second), spanning 35 semitones from Ab2 to G5. The average tempo is 154 BPM with a latin feel. About 52% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

536Notes
111sSolo length
4.8Notes per second
Ab2–G5Range (35 semitones)
52%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×85
  • -1 ×81
  • -2 ×69
  • -3 ×58
  • +3 ×56
  • +5 ×44

Changes played over

A1
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
A♭7
A♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7
E♭7

Record

Record
The Sidewinder · Blue Note · 1989
Recorded
1963-12-21
Line-up
Lee Morgan (tp); Joe Henderson (ts); Barry Harris (p); Bob Cranshaw (b); Billy Higgins (dr)
Composer
Lee Morgan

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