ENDEIT

C-melody saxophone solo · 1994

Joe Lovano: I Can't Get Started

Key
C major
Tempo
107 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
3
Form
A8A8B8C8

Joe Lovano's solo on “I Can't Get Started” has 941 notes in 226 seconds (4.2 notes per second), spanning 34 semitones from Ab2 to F#5. The average tempo is 107 BPM with a swing feel. About 60% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

941Notes
226sSolo length
4.2Notes per second
Ab2–F#5Range (34 semitones)
60%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×172
  • -2 ×146
  • +1 ×136
  • +2 ×109
  • -3 ×80
  • +3 ×76

Changes played over

A1
Cmaj7Am7
Dm7G7
E7Am7♭5
Dm7Gsus7
Cmaj7Am7
Dm7G7
E7A7
Dm7Gsus7
A2
Cmaj7Am7
Dm7G7
E7Am7♭5
D7Gsus7
Cmaj7Am7
Dm7G7
C6B♭7
Cmaj7
B1
Em7A7
Em7A7
Dmaj7Gmaj7
Dmaj7
Dm7G7
Dm7G7
Em7A7
D7Gsus7
A3
Cmaj7Am7
Dm7G7
E7A7
D7Gsus7
Cmaj7A79♭
Dm7G7
C6
Dm7G7

Record

Record
Live at the Village Vanguard CD1 · Blue Note · 1995
Recorded
1994-03-12
Line-up
Anthony Cox (b); Billy Hart (dr); Tom Harrell (tp, flgn); Joe Lovano (ts-c)
Composer
Vernon Duke
Solo length
00:00-03:45

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