ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1991

Joe Lovano: Body and Soul

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
61 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
2
Form
A8A8B8A8

Joe Lovano's solo on “Body and Soul” has 986 notes in 255 seconds (3.9 notes per second), spanning 32 semitones from Ab2 to E5. The average tempo is 61 BPM with a swing feel. About 52% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

986Notes
255sSolo length
3.9Notes per second
Ab2–E5Range (32 semitones)
52%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×144
  • +2 ×137
  • -2 ×130
  • -1 ×95
  • -3 ×85
  • +3 ×84

Changes played over

A1
E♭m7B79♭
E♭m7D7
D♭maj7G♭7
Fm7Edim7
E♭m7
Cm7♭5F7
B♭m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7
D♭6B♭7
A2
E♭m7B♭79♭
E♭m7D7
D♭maj7G♭7
Fm7Edim7
E♭m7
Cm7♭5F7
B♭m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7
D♭A7
B1
Dmaj7Em7
D/G♭Gm7C7
G♭m7B7E-7A7
Dmaj7
Dm7G7
Cmaj7E♭dim
Dm7G7
C7B7B♭7
A3
E♭m7B♭79♭
E♭m7D7
D♭maj7G♭7
Fm7Edim7
E♭m7
Cm7♭5F7
B♭m7E♭7Eb-7A♭7
D♭6B♭7

Record

Record
From the Soul · Blue Note · 1992
Recorded
1991-12-29
Line-up
Michel Petrucciani (p); Dave Holland (b); Ed Blackwell (dr); Joe Lovano (ts)
Composer
Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green
Solo length
00:44-04:58

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