Tenor saxophone solo · 1993

Joe Lovano: Con Alma

Key: C major
Tempo: 125 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Latin/swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

Joe Lovano's solo on “Con Alma” has 368 notes in 64 seconds (5.8 notes per second), spanning 30 semitones from C3 to F#5. The average tempo is 125 BPM with a latin/swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

368Notes

64sSolo length

5.8Notes per second

C3–F#5Range (30 semitones)

57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×76
-1 ×55
-3 ×53
+1 ×41
+2 ×34
+3 ×21

Changes played over

E^maj7A♭⁷_/E♭

D♭^m7B⁷

B♭^79♭E^7alt

E♭^maj7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭^maj7F⁷_/C

B♭^m7A♭⁷

G⁷D♭^7alt

C^maj7G♭^m7B7

E^maj7A♭⁷_/E♭

D♭^m7B⁷

B♭⁷E^7alt

E♭^maj7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭^maj7F⁷_/C

B♭^m7A♭⁷

G⁷D♭^7alt

C^maj7

C^m7♭5

F^79♭

G♭^m7♭5

B^79♭

E^maj7

F^m7

B♭⁷

E^maj7A♭⁷_/E♭

D♭^m7B⁷

B♭^79♭E^7alt

E♭^maj7E♭^m7A♭7

D♭^maj7F⁷_/C

B♭^m7A♭⁷

G⁷D♭^7alt

C^maj7G♭^m7B7

Record

Record: Modern Jazz Classics Vol. 1 · Advance Music · 1993
Recorded: 1993
Line-up: Randy Brecker (tp); Jimmy Knepper (tb); Joe Lovano (ts); Bill Dobbins (p); RonMcClure (b); Billy Hart (dr)
Composer: Dizzy Gillespie
Solo length: 01:19-02:24

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