ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1991

Joe Lovano: Body and Soul

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
60 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

Joe Lovano's solo on “Body and Soul” has 208 notes in 86 seconds (2.4 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from A2 to Eb5. The average tempo is 60 BPM with a swing feel. About 50% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

208Notes
86sSolo length
2.4Notes per second
A2–Eb5Range (30 semitones)
50%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×38
  • -2 ×26
  • +1 ×23
  • -3 ×22
  • +3 ×19
  • -1 ×17

Changes played over

B1
Dmaj7Em7
D/G♭Gm7C7
G♭m7B-7E-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
I1
N.C.
N.C.
N.C.
N.C.
N.C.
N.C.

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
05:50-07:22

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